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Charles Value Chapin, M.D. 1856-1941

Contents 1 Early Life 2 Career and Noteworthiness 3 Publications and Accomplishments 4 Reference 5 Uxbridge, Massachusetts 6 Earliest History- The King Phillip's War 7 The French and Indian War 8 The Revolutionary War, Fife and Drum, A Woman Soldier 9 Later Wars, Textile Manufacturing and Uniforms 10 Music 11 References 12 References 12.1 Articles

[edit] Early Life

Charles V. Chapin was born Charles Value Chapin in 1856. He was a graduate of Harvard Medical School, and was also a Physiologist.

[edit] Career and Noteworthiness

Charles V. Chapin MD, became a pre-eminent U.S. public health official with a career spanning nearly half a century. or 48 years, he served as the Superintendant of the Providence, RI Department of Health. He was considered to be the Dean of City Health Officials. He became President of the American Public Health Associaton and won numerous awards from this organization. He served as President of the American Epidemiological Society. He was awarded the distinguised Marcellus Hartley Gold Medal of the National Academy of Sciences, and the W.T. Sedgwick Medal of the APHA. He won honorary degrees from Brown Univeristy, Rhode Island State College, and from Yale, where WT Winslow, the father of modern American epidemiology, was chair.

[edit] Publications and Accomplishments

He was was a prolific writer. One of his classic works was entitled, The Sources and Modes of Infection (1910), and A Report on State Public Health Work Based on a Survey of State Boards of Health (1915). Six of his papers were in the category of public health administration, five were in communicable diseases and five were published in epidemiology and vital statistics. Later review found five of the papers particulary noteworthy. Their tiles were: The Fetich of Disinfection 1906, and Studies in Air and Contact infection at the Providence City Hospital 1911). These two contained the basic tenets of the Sources and Modes of Infection cited above. He published on the administrative and resource aspects of the public's health, in How Should We spend the Health Appropriation (1913). His contributions to community hygeine and sanitary science were considered lasting. According To John Barry, in, {The Great Influenzae, 2005), he led successful community hygeine practices to combat the pandemic flu of 1918 at Providence.

Chapin taught us that diseases come from persons, and not things, and that they are spead only by contact, food, and animal carriers. He inspired others to evaluate all of the collective efforts of community hygeine in terms of outcomes, an early effort to quantify the social sciences aspect of public health practice. Further, he was a forerunner to the notion of health disaprities among the poor, having published, Deaths among Taxpayers and Non-Taxpayers (1924), an early connection of health and economic status. In 1926 he published Changes in Contagious Diseases, which described the variety of infectious agents in smallpox Vs. scarlet fever. Altogether he published more than 113 titles. During his lifetime it was written, that his contributions to the philosophy and methodology of public health were greater than, "any living man". He was compared to his forerunners in the field, Frank, Chadwick, Simon, Shattuck, Sedgwick, and Biggs, as one of the greats of all time in public health. These comments and summary of the man and his work were written by none other than C.E.A Winslow, of Yale.

[edit] Reference

Source: A Review of Public Health Realities -Papers of Charles Value Chapin, M.D. 1856-1941 New York: The Commonwealth Fund, September, 1934. 268 pp.

Coronet John Farnum, Jr., House, Historic House and Headquarters of Uxbridge Historical Society ( Site of First Uxbridge Town Meeting, June 27, 1727 ) Uxbridge, Massachusetts
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
"Oldest House in Uxbridge and site of First Town Meeting"
Location:	Mendon Street at Capron Street Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Built/Founded:	1710
Added to NRHP:	November 7, 1983
NRHP Reference#:	83004135 [1]
Governing body:	Private

[edit] Uxbridge, Massachusetts

Uxbridge is in the Blackstone Valley, the oldest industrialized region in the U.S. It is the center of the John H. Chaffee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. Also see the article entitled, Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Uxbridge has a rich history of military service, manufacturing of military uniforms, and the re-enactment of martial music.

[edit] Earliest History- The King Phillip's War

• King Phillip's War The second major battle of the King Philip's War was fought in Mendon, and what later became known as Uxbridge, in 1675. The first Massachusetts settlers killed in the war were from Mendon, and what later became the town of Uxbridge.^[2] The King Phillip's War began at Swansea on June 20, 1675 with several attacks on isolated settlers and quickly spread to next door Middleborough on July 8 and then forty five miles further on to Mendon on July 14, 1675. Metacomet, known as King Philip, escaped the English pursuers in the swamps near Bristol and Swansea. Phillip and the Wampanoag warriors fled to the Nipmuc lands of central Massachusetts. The Wampanoag had their own forges, and Phillip commanded 1000 warriors all over Southern New England. The war included the English Colonial settlers and their native American allies, including some Nipmuc, and Mohicans Vs the Wampanoag Indians and other southern New England tribes. The settlers organized local bands of Nipmuc in the Praying Indian villages, partly to protect them.

• Mendon Burned/First settlers killed The village of Mendon was attacked and burned on July 14, 1675. The village may have been completely burned in the winter of 1676. Albee's water powered mill, built in 1664, was also burned. In the fighting, four or five of the inhabitants were slain, including a man named Richard Post. His residence was on what has since been called "Post's Lane," and it is claimed that he was the first European ethnic settler killed in King Philip's War within the bounds of the Massachusetts Colony.^[2] Mendon was then abandoned for 5 years, the inhabitants only returning to rebuild the town in 1680. According to Mendon town records, at the time of the conflict there were only 15 or 20 families living here. Praying Indians were confined to plantations, and later about 500 were gathered to Deer Island in Boston Harbor. There is evidence^[2] that some of the Nipmuc, joined in the Indian attacks. Soldiers under Captain Mosely, came to Mendon after the battle, before setting off in pursit of Phillip and his warriors to Brookfield, site of the next battle, on August 9th. The battles of Hatfield and Deefield came in quick succession, and others followed.

• King Phillip's Rock A famous rock oversees the Blackstone Valley, known as "King Phillip's rock".^[3] Wampanoag and Nipmuc may have used this vantage point to make raids.^[4] Raids occurred at night and settlers homes and farms were burned to the ground. Phillip possibly organized some of his efforts here and later brought battles to the Connecticut River valley in western Massachusetts.

• Aftermath Pioneers organized militias, and resisted the Indian attacks. Attacks spread throughout Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. The War came to an end in the spring of 1676 after an extensive campaign. Settlers in western Mass. brought blankets containing smallpox to the Indians that winter, an early example of bioterrorism. Around 3000 Native Americans^[5] were killed in the war. Many Wampanoag returned to southeastern Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Many Native Americans were killed, captured or sold as slaves in Bermuda.^[5] Some Nipmuc returned to Mendon, later Uxbridge, and former Praying Indian communities.

[edit] The French and Indian War

• The French and Indian War; There were troop movements on the Middle Post Road in Uxbridge during the French and Indian War. This road became known as Hartford Avenue in later years. Local soldiers fought in the French and Indian War including Josiah Taft, Lieutenant John Read^[6], Lieutenant Simeon Wheelock's father, and Joseph Read^[6]. Josiah Taft was Robert Taft, Sr's grandson, the first American, in the famous Taft family. John Read was the father of Colonel Seth Read who with his brother Joseph, attended every meeting that prepared America for the coming Revolution with the British Crown^[6]. Lydia Taft voted her late husband's proxy to support the Town of Uxbridge in raising supplies and resources for the French and Indian War, in October of 1756, in what became a historic first for America in the history of women's suffrage.^[7]

[edit] The Revolutionary War, Fife and Drum, A Woman Soldier

• The American Revolution; In the early 1770's, when Uxbridge had few more than 1100 people, its citizens began preparing for the Revolutionary War. This began as early as July 6, of 1774 as recorded in Town meeting minutes.^[6] Uxbridge sons (and daughters) played important roles in the American Revolution, including Lt.Colonel Seth Read, who commanded the 26th regiment at Bunker Hill, under Colonel John Patterson. Other local Colonels, included: Col. Joseph Read, Seth's brother, (Massachusetts 20th Regiment), Col. Nathan Tyler, (Worcester Co. 3rd Regiment}, and Colonel Joseph Chapin, who each led regiments in the Continental Army. Other officers from Uxbridge included: Captain Benjamin Green, Captain James Buxton, Captain Bezaleel Taft, Sr., Captain Baxter Hall, Captain Simon Rawson, Lieutenant Simeon Wheelock, Lt. Joseph Taft, Lt. Caleb Farnum, Lt. Peter White, Lt. Benjamin Green, and Lt. Nathan Rawson, who either answered the Lexington and Concord alarm, Bunker Hill, or other battles with the Massachusetts Militia or theContinental Army. From the famous American dynasty, the Taft family alone, we find at least 12 Uxbridge Revolutionary war soldiers named Taft, including Samuel Taft, who all later died within the Town of Uxbridge, as recorded in the Town's Vital Records.^[8] The Vital Records recorded local deaths through 1850, and mentioned "revolutionary soldiers".^[8] From this text, there appears to be at least 46 Sons of the American Revolution from Uxbridge, with exceptional representation from the Taft family, the Green's, the Read's, the Chapin's, the Rawson’s, the Hall's, the Morses’s, the Legg's and the Wood's.^[8] Colonel Seth Read, was offered smallpox vaccine during the Canadian Campaign, when his regiment became ill with smallpox.^[6] Read left the 1776 campaign, due to illness.^[6] General Washington assured that the Continental Army was protected with "variolation", but British troops were not. In 1775, the Uxbridge town meeting voted to refuse "variolation".^[9] Colonel Seth Read went on to add E Pluribus Unum to U.S. Coins, served in the state legislauture, petitioned the state legislature to mint "Massachusetts coppers", and was a pioneer settler in both Geneva, New York, and Erie, Pennsylvania. Captain Bezaleel Taft, Sr. went on to serve in the Massachusetts legislature and various state executive boards and postions. He left a legacy of 5 generations of the Massachusetts branch of the American Taft family involved in public service. A German Hessian sword remains buried in the wall of his home and local rumors tell of German Hessian soldiers who marched through the Blackstone Valley.

• Fife and Drum "The first documentation of fife and drum in Uxbridge was the enlistment of Baxter Hall, drummer. He was born in Uxbridge in 1757. At the age of eighteen he volunteered for service with the Minute Company formed during the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775. Hall later served as a Drummer with Col. Nathan Tylers, 15th Massachusetts Regiment of Conntinental Line. He served at many engagements; Bunker Hill, Tiverton, RI and Saratoga, New York just to name a few. He reported in his pension request that he was present at West Point, NY under General Benedict Arnold. Benedict Arnold's widow, Peggy Shippen, would later die in Uxbridge, on Valentine's Day, in 1836. Being a drummer, Baxter Hall, was not detached on a wood cutting pretense ordered by General Arnold, and was present at his Headquarters the morning of his escape. Hall obviously learned his craft in Uxbridge, but gives no reference to how. Captain Wyman's company of militia engaged at the Battle of Bunker Hill, listed fifty-one in rank and file, the majority from Uxbridge; there were five sergeants, four corporals, two drums and two fifes." ^[10]

• A first woman soldier, "from" Uxbridge; In 1782, toward the end of the Revolutionary War, a woman born in Plympton, MA, Deborah Sampson, enlisted as a soldier, Robert Shurtlieff, of Uxbridge, "by joining one of the classes" required for the war from the Town of Uxbridge.^[11] She was not really from Uxbridge that we know of, but she pretended to be in order to get into the army. The unit she joined was the Masschusetts 4th Regiment under the unit of Captain George Webb and Colonel Shepard. She joined the army at Bellingham, MA. A minister at Bellingham kept her secret. The unit mustered at Worcester and went on to West Point for basic training and deployment. The Continental Army believed that she was Robert Shurtlieff from the Town of Uxbridge in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She received a head wound and leg wound at Tarrytown, New York, and participated in a number of skirmishes. The doctor who treated her wounds also kept her secret. She served a term of three years. At the end of the war she was given papers to bring to General Washington. He recognized her, but did not disclose here identity as a woman. She received an honorable discharge. She later petitoned the Massachusetts Senate for Compensation for her service and was awarded 26 pounds. She lectured on her war experiences and was recognized as an American heroine, and forerunner for women's rights. She lived the later part of her life in Sharon, Massachusetts.

• Shay's Rebellion As the Revolutionary War came to a close, a rebellion broke out known as Shay's Rebellion. The rebellion of farmers had root causes in bad economic times, such as had affected Joseph Read and Seth Read. The opening salvos of Shay's Rebellion appear to have occurred in Uxbridge in 1783.^[12]. Governor John Hancock had to quell a riot at Uxbridge that same year.^[12] Lieutenant Simeon Wheelock, who fathered 8 children, including textile piooneer Jerry Wheelock, was killed in Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, in the line of duty.^[13] He was the husband of Deborah Wheelock.^[13] The local Daughters of the American Revolution home is named for her.^[13] Dr. Samuel Willard, among others, fought in Shay's Rebellion.^[13]

[edit] Later Wars, Textile Manufacturing and Uniforms

• The War of 1812; During the war of 1812 supplies were moved on the Middle Post Road through Uxbridge, which is now called Hartford Avenue. The local militia was known as the "Uxbridge Grenadiers" from 1818-1830 which encompassed southern Worcester County.^[10] The earliest textile mills of Uxbridge were already established when the War of 1812 took place. We do not, however, know if uniforms for that war were made in Uxbridge.

• The Civil War; Uxbridge played key roles in the Civil War. 259 Uxbridge sons served, many died, and Union blue uniforms were manufactured here in two mills which ran 24/7.^[13] Uxbridge contributed 70 more soldiers than required for the support of the Union. Locally the Civil War was known as the "War of the Rebellion". The two mills that made union blue uniforms were the Moses Taft mill, or Calumet Mill, and the Capron Mill. This town was a focal point for development of woolens and textiles including the manufacturing of U.S. Military Uniforms. See also the articles on Bernat Mill, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, Moses Taft, Luke Taft and Colonel John Capron. There were Civil War encampments in Uxbridge which are mentioned now by National Park Service rangers.

• The Spanish-American War; Uxbridge men/women served in: the Spanish American War, (Matthew Quigley, Edward Sullivan et al);

• 'Corporal Edward Sullivan' from Uxbridge, and native of County Cork, Ireland, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Spanish American War for heroism under continous enemy fire at Cienfuegos, Cuba.^[14]

• World War 1 and World War II; WW I Allied "khaki"uniforms and overcoats were made here for the armies of Italy and France.^[13] In World War II, United States Army ^[13] and U.S. Navy uniforms were made here. The Bachman Uxbridge Mills, Stanley Woolen Mills, and Waucuntuck Mills all manufactured war supplies and uniforms. In 1918, as America entered World War 1, the Spanish flu began in nearby Camp Devens, Massachusetts.^[15]

• The First U.S. Air Force uniform; The first U.S. Air Force uniforms were designed and made here, nicknamed "The Uxbridge Blue", in 1947.^[16] The Air Force uniforms were designed and the blue color for them chosen, patented as "Uxbridge 683", by the Bachman Uxbridge Worsted Company. Bachman Uxbridge Worsted Company had six plants nationwide and was written up in an August 23rd, 1953 article in Time Magazine entitled, "The Pride of Uxbridge".^[17] Processes for designing uniforms which blended wool and synthetics, known as "wool nylon serge", and other blended fabrics were designed at this same mill. The mill later became known as the Bernat Mill and burned in a spectacualar 10 alarm fire on July 21, 2007. See also the article on Harold Walter, CEO of the Bachman Uxbridge Worsted Company.

• Recent Service; Uxbridge Veterans and recruits served in the Korean War. During the Viet Nam War, the textile industry was fading and uniforms were no longer made here. Uxbridge Veterans served in the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq.

[edit] Music

Baxter Hall, Drummer at Lexington and Concord, and in the Continental Army, had led the way for patriotic Uxbridge military music. In 1962, Benjamin Emerick, founded the Captain James Buxton Fife and Drum Corps and re-created the military music of America's past, through a comprehensive re-enactment of "Martial Musick" in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.^[10] Captain James Buxton from Smithfield, RI, played a key role in south Uxbridge. A hymn's metric tune is named for Uxbridge and was written by Lowell Mason in 1830, entitled, "The Heavens Declare Thy Glory, Lord". The hymn is found in the 1889 edition of the Methodist Hymnal and in hymnals of other denominations including Methodist-Episocpal, and Lutheran.^[18]

[edit] References

1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
2. ^ ^{a b c} Indian History and Geneology. RootsWeb. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
3. ^ King Philip Rock. Blackstone Daily. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
4. ^ View from King Rock. Blackstone Daily. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
5. ^ ^{a b} Worlds rejoined, by Paula Peters. Cape Cod Online. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Buford, Mary Hunter (1895). "Seth Read, Lieut.-Col.Continental Army; Pioneer at Geneva, New York, 1787, and at Erie, Penn., June, 1795. His Ancestors and Descendants.", 167 Pages on CD in PDF Format.. 
7. ^ "Uxbridge Breaks Tradition and Makes History" by Carol Masiello. Blackstone Daily. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
8. ^ ^{a b c} Baldwin, Thomas Williams (1916). "Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: Wright and Potter Printing, p. 2-450. Retrieved on 2007-11-02. 
9. ^ Chapin, Judge Henry (1881). Address Delivered at the Unitarian Church in Uxbridge; 1864. Worcester, Mass.: Charles Hamilton Press (Harvard Library; from Google Books). 
10. ^ ^{a b c} Martial Musick in Uxbridge Massachusetts 1727-Present. www.anglefire.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
11. ^ "DEBORAH SAMPSON.; How She Served as a Soldier in the Revolution -- Her Sex Unknown to the Army.*". New York Times (1898-10-08). Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
12. ^ ^{a b} "Quelling the opening salvos of Shay's rebellion". alexautographs.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-10.
13. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Walking tours - Uxbridge". Blackstone Daily. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
14. ^ "Cemeteries of Worcester County, Mass.. findgrave.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
15. ^ Barry, John M (2005). The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History. New York: Penguin Books, 546 p. ISBN 0143036491. 
16. ^ Getting the Blues, by Tech. Sgt. Pat McKenna. Air Force Link. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
17. ^ The Pride of Uxbridge (August 24, 1953). Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
18. ^ The Heavens Declare Thy Glory (Watts). www.cyberhymnal.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.

[edit] References

• Backofen, Walter A (2001). Elias Frost, M.D., and his strategy for being remembered, p. 6. OCLC: 58438763. 
• Barry, John M (2005). The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History. New York: Penguin Books, 546 p. ISBN 0143036491. 
• Chapin, Judge Henry (1881). Address Delivered at the Unitarian Church in Uxbridge; 1864. Worcester, Mass.: Charles Hamilton Press (Harvard Library; from Google Books). 
• Connole, Dennis A. (2001). The Indians of the Nipmuck Country in Southern New England, 1630-1750: A Historical Geography. McFarland and Company (Accessed by Google Books). 
• Marvin, Rev. Abijah Perkins (1879). History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Embracing a Comprehensive History of the County from its earliest beginnings to the present time; Vol. lI. Boston, MA: CF Jewitt and Company, 421-436. 
• Metcalf MD, John G. (1880). Annals of the town of Mendon: from 1659 to 1880. Providence, R.I.: E.L. Freeman, printers to the State. 
• Buford, Mary Hunter (1895). "Seth Read, Lieut.-Col.Continental Army; Pioneer at Geneva, New York, 1787, and at Erie, Penn., June, 1795. His Ancestors and Descendants.", 167 Pages on CD in PDF Format.. 

[edit] Articles

• A Guide to Women's Diaries. Manuscript Collection of the Rhode Island Historical Society Library. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• Clarke, D.D., Joseph S. (1858). A Historical Sketch of the Congregational Churches in Massachusetts, from 1620 to 1858. Boston (Digitized by Google books): Congregational Board of Publication. 
• Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park. Mass.gov; Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• Blackstone River Bikeway: About the Bikeway. Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• Blackstone River Watershed. Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Mass Gov.. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• The Conestoga Wagon. The Conestoga Area Historical Society. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• Description of Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Mass Online. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• Early Taft Genealogy. Access Genealogy. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• Fire ravages old Uxbridge mill, by John Guilfoil (July 22, 2007). The Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
• Getting the Blues, by Tech. Sgt. Pat McKenna. Air Force Link. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
• The Heavens Declare Thy Glory (Watts). www.cyberhymnal.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• History of the Canal, The Blackstone Canal: A Brief Overview of Its Historical Significance. Worcester Historical Museum. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• Indian History and Geneology. RootsWeb. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
• John Farnum, Jr.. Doug Sinclair's Archives. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
• John H. Chaffee Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor; Massachusetts/RhodeIsland; Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. National Park Service; US Department of the Interior. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• King Philip Rock. Blackstone Daily. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
• Martial Musick in Uxbridge Massachusetts 1727-Present. www.anglefire.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• The Pride of Uxbridge (August 24, 1953). Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
• The rock stars of universal coverage, by J. Kaisser (December 5, 2006). The Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• Saylesville and Smithfield. www.kouroo.info. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• Stone Arch Bridge across Blackstone Canal in Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park. Uxbridge, Massachusetts, October 10, 2004. Asgreev Photos. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
• The Uxbridge Meeting House. Blackstone Daily. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• Uxbridge Breaks Tradition and Makes History: Lydia Chapin Taft, by Carol Masiello. Blackstone Daily. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• Uxbridge video. telegram.com video. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
• Uxbridge, Worcester County. Department of Housing and Community Development. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
• Walking tours - Uxbridge. Blackstone Daily. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• Washington Passes Through Halifax. Staunton River Tour, Halifax County, Virginia. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• Buford, Mary Hunter (1895). "Seth Read, Lieut.-Col.Continental Army; Pioneer at Geneva, New York, 1787, and at Erie, Penn., June, 1795. His Ancestors and Descendants.", 167 Pages on CD in PDF Format.. 
• West Hill Dam, Uxbridge Massachusetts. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
• What can you tell me about the words "E Pluribus Unum" on our coins?. U.S. Treasury. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
• Worlds rejoined, by Paula Peters. Cape Cod Online. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
• Patriots prepared for War, from 1774,^[1] and joined the Committee of Correspondence^[1]. Lt. Col. S. Read, 26th regiment, Col. J. Read, (Mass. 20th), Col. Nathan Tyler, (Worcester Co. 3rd Regiment), Col. Joseph Chapin, Capt. Benjamin Green, Capt. James Buxton, Capt. Bezaleel Taft, Sr., Capt. Baxter Hall, Capt. Simon Rawson, Lt. Simeon Wheelock, Lt. Joseph Taft, Lt. Caleb Farnum, Lt. Peter White, Lt. Benjamin Green, and Lt. Nathan Rawson, were among more than 46 Sons of the American Revolution.^[2]