The. Luther Fann.ily Devoted to the Interests of the Descendants of

CAPTAIN JOHN LUTHER of the Massach~setts Bay Colony

VOL. fII - NO. 8 I APRIL - 1947 50 CTS. YEARLY - - - -

WILLIAM-XNDE- I N O T T H I S Y E A R At 5 o'clock on a sunday morn- I i I t has been decided not to hold

ing. Sept. 28, 1774, William Luther I Arst saw the light of day, in Bar- I rington. R. I. When a child, he i removed with his parents to New i Hampshire and then to Vermont where he was a farmer. At Grand Isle, vt., he married, in 1797, Miss I Eunice Allen, daughter of Col. Eb- i enezer Allen who was a cousin of the famous Ethan Allen, and both i Revolutionary patriots with the Green Mountain Boys. Ebenezer was opposed to slavery, and an om- I cia1 record shows that he gave ! freedom to a negro slave woman and her two-year old child whom he found in a boat on Lake Cham- plain in 1808. She had belonged to a British Offlcer, and was to re- tain her freedom as long as she was a good woman.

From South Hero, Vt., William removed across the lake to Chaw, 1 N. Y., near Plattsburg,. and bought / s farm where he lived until 1832., In the family Bible is an account / of the British attempt to capture : ROYAL G. LUTHER Plattsburg, Septa 14, 1814. is AS YOU approach Providence, R. I. family were driven out, his stock by Way of the suburb of Harmony, taken, and all the buildings burned. if YOU look closely you will observe. A great grandson, Dr. Lynn W. the name Of R. G. Luther on a Dowllng, tells of hearing & grand rural mail box. Here our Eastern father, Theodoric, relate how he Vice President and his charming lsy behind a log with his flnger wife have pioneered in the develop. on the trigger of his gun, which he ment of a residential tract, and was aiming at a British office. have ereckd a beautiful home, who had come to talk with his ; "Longsight", away from the ten. father, ready to shoot if he made 'sion of a busy city. n move to harm him. Theodoric 1 Royal Granger Luther was born

a National Luther Reunion this year. While nearly every .card re- turned was in favor of one, and many of you sent felicitations and encouraging comments, not enough signifled intent to attend to as- sure it a success. While accommo- datlons a t Cooperstown are ade- quate, the car situation and prob- lems of travel are still serious.

A few expresssd the wish that our next meeting be held farther West - in Ohio or Michigan. Per- haps 1948 will see conditions more settled. I n the meantime, please send in your reactions, and if you have a definite place to suggest, please do so. Michigan is full of our Luthers.

OUR LUTHERS - BUT HOW? There are a few large groups of

our Luthers which will have to be included in the genealogy as "Uni- dentifled", unless we have aid in establishing their line. If you are in a POSition with research Or

we apppreciak it. A Simeon Luther, who was born

in Massachusetts about 1780, and whose wife yas Phebe Jolls, remov. ed to Salisbury or the adjoining hamlet of Norway, Herkimer Coun- ty, N. Y.. soon a f k r 1800. He prob- ably had brothers Eseck and Gard- ner. -

In that section are scores of their descendants, some of whom are in- 1 was then fifteen years of age. in Providence, the s m of George terested members of our Associa-

During the battle of Lake Cham- Ed- and Susan (Bennett) Lu. tion and . s u Y b e r s to "The Lu- plain in September, 1815, William'ther. His life work has been the ther Famly. Your editors have I gathered his family and neighbors Insurance business and, although, tried for over 20 years to identify on a high point of land on the ;a busy man, he has found time to this Simeon. Recently, one of that shore and witnessed the battle. They were a happy lot when the man came on horseback shouting the victory.

On ~~y 7, 1832, killiam, his son-in-law, Daniel McRoberb, ant. their families left Chazy, with her- ses, wagons and good&, and on June 18th. exhausted from the h a r m i p s of the trip, arrived in Rome, Lenawee County, Michigan, and took up the northeast quarter of section 27. The deed for this land, signed by President Andrew Jackson, is still in the possession of his descendants who have held a reunion yearly since 1892, on the Saturday nearest the 20th of June.

Me possessed quite a sumof money at this t h e and could have pur- chased a large tract of land,' but

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devote to other interests. I group, G~over Luther of Dolgevllle. He i s Mrst Vice President and , N. Y., has become greatly interested

Secretary of What Cheer Mutual and has offered to do further re- Fire Insurance Co.: President of 1 search, under our directions. If he "Harmony Estates" and led in the succeeds, We will tell you how he did development of that beautiful resi., it. dmtial area; past president of Glol ,,

CeSkr C O ~ n t v club: past president Of Episcopal Churchman's Club of 1 Luther was *" Eli- Rhode Island: member Of Harmony zabeth Greenwood* born In Lodge, F. & A. M.. During the re. lia* daughter Of and Lucy Cent war he was chairman of the ! (Hargreaves) Greenwood Of 0.p.A.. and on the Food Panel for & ~ ~ ~ n & i l ~ ~ ~ ~ @ne the Glocester area.

He has been Eastern Vice R e d - 1 OdY -yal Oranger dent of the Luther Family Associa. Luther* Jr.y

served as an om- tion from its organization in 1936 Cer in the recent war for faur years, to the present, and i t was by his and* wife and co-ordinating effort and the em. resides in N. J. cient local committees which he i directed, that our 1936 and 1940 Illness in the family makes this national reunions a t Swansea were issue late.

'-he LLTHER FAMILY Published qrvrtcrly i t Moravia.

N.Y., by Lesiie L. a:ld Bertha K. Luther, in the interests of the .de- scendants of Capt. John Luther of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, al- lied families, genealogists, and libraries, -

Entered as second-class matter Dec. 13, 1945, a t the post oflice a t Moravia, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879.

Subscription rates, 50 cents yearly - APRIL - 1947 ...............................................

T H I S I S S U E completes two years of "The Lu- ther Family". We will greatly ap- preciate your renewal for the next two Years, without our billing YOU. ...............................................

w e are sorry learn of the ac- cident Mrs. Fern (LutherJ man Of St. which

last A in a broken hip which ne- cessitated two At . the writing* she is in a wheel. chair from which she will graduate to crutches, and we sin- ccrely hope she will soon again be her normal self.

There are many Luthers whose addresses we do not have. If you will tell them to write for infor- mation, you will confer a favor

We are learn Of the ness Of Mrs. Mahala (Luther) Hat- field in Coldwater. Mich. She has given much aid On the Luther Gen- ealogy.

(Continued from Page 1 preferred to have near neighbors. He ,was one of the early settlers of Lewanee County, doing much for its development, assisting and encouraging new settlers as they came in, and lived to see the town- ship well settled. William and Eu- nice were buried on their farm,

many years later their were removed to East Rome ceme- tery.

After death of William. Eunice jived in the fakily of their son, Benjamin, and related many sto- ries of their home in the East- to their grand chi!d, Martin, who passed them on to his children; and his eldest daughter, Mrs. Or-. pha Morris, has supplied them for the Luther Genealogy. Their' des-

among whom are the names McRoberts, Davison, Allis, Glasbrook, Rider, Lade, Larnoreaux, Lamphere,Mooers, Brisbin. Jerrells, Seager, Daily. Chaffee, and many others, are now in other states, although the majority are still in Southern Michigan. This, one of the large groups Of Luthers, We designate in the genealogy as the "Rome Branch." Among those most interested and helpful are George D. Luthw of Kerrville, Texas, and Mrs. Fern (Luther) Fellman of St. Helena, California.

TREASURER'S REPORT MONEY MUSK Jan. 1, 1946. Cash on hand $139.23( Martin Hoover Luther was

I Dee. 31, 1946, Memberships in Ridgway, Pa., Jan. 3:, 1814. and dues received during He was a pi0ne-r farmer i a Bradp the year. 48.00 Township, C1eari:e.d Co.lnty, Pa.,

-. adjoining Luthcrsbu~g, so 1-alaed 187.23 for his :sther. The foliowing ac. . count ap ;ears in "Pioneer Hktary

Dec. 31, 1946, Paid for stationery, postage, sup- lof Brady Towr:shiprJ. published in plies, etc. 1929 by George S. Kirk at 93 years

Cash on hand 37.80 i of age. 149.43 "Martin Hoover L.uther was or?e

of the old time fidalers, a n ~ i to t u e 187.23 strains of the music from his 'fid-

dles', hundreds of the boys and NO MORE CARDS girls of the early settlers, as well

We are advised by the Post Office as the older folks, danced. When that printed cards, for return to the young folks of any community us, cannot be enclosed with second wanted to put on a real dance, Ma. class matter, so the cards which jor Luther was always employed to we intended to send regarding do the fiddling. I t is said that a your dues in the Association will have to be cmitted. & ti., cost of a separak mail-

ing of statements uses up so great a part, of the remittances which would result, and thus further de. deplete the treasury, will you kindly remit, on a basis of one dollar for each year that you havc not paid? If you wish to know the amount drop us a card and we wiU ad;ise you.

Dee. -1,, Mr. Leslie L. Luther, Sec. Luther Family Association, Moravia, N. Y. Dear Mr. Luther:

We have your interesting letter of Dec. 13, and wish to advise that we are successors to the old Luther Grinder Mfg. Co. of Milwaukee m d probably originally from Poynette, Wis.

The writer started with the Lu- the? Gricder Mfg. Co. in 1918 when they were in Milwaukee. I cannot recall if Mr. J. C. Luther died just before I started to work there, or just afterwards. At any rate, I never saw him. Mr. Leslie New- ton was there a short t h e after I started.

The writer has seen many ges in the during the 28 years. We are maktng some Of the same sickle and hand grinders, with hprovments* that were some 30 35

The name Luther high quality

and thruout the years we have maintained and enjoyed this repu- tation.

we can a t this time. Trust it will be of benefit and interest.

Kindest regards and best wishes. Yours very t h l y . I

little Of Brub~kcr's Old Rye was [very essential a t these swell dan. ces. and the longer the Major play- ed. the better his fiddling sounded, during the years from 1835 to 1870.

"Martin Luther, knewn all over as hlajor Luther, was also an old time Afer as well as a fiddler. Thir. ty years before his death, which occurred in 1903, he gave up play- ing for dances. Uut in his home he could draw the bow across the strings of the old violin, and the strains of music were just as lively as a t any barn dance where they did the Virginia Reel or Money Musk wILh the Major fiddling away at a lively rate."

The current number of the "Wy. ckoff Famfly Bulletin" is a t hand. and, as usual, is cf interest to others as well 9.9 Wyckoffs. A plea in a former icsue for genealogical help on one of their established lines, brought a snlendid response from an inkrested Wyckoff. If some of our U~thers would likewise offer to aid in research, it would greatly lessen ihe burden on your editors.

The city of Greeley, Colorado, plans many improvements to Luther Park this spring. Streets will be y t - kred and curbed, and two bridges wul be consolidated at a cost of $10,000. The Park will be seeded ant1 further landscaped with trees, and an Oil mat laid bn Tenth street which runs through Luther Park: As stated in No. 4 Of this paper, the park was named for our cousin. Henry Clay Luther who is retired and now lives in ~ iee ley . - HlJNTLEYS ARE ORGANIZING MI. Royce E. Huntley, Box 1076,

Luther Grinder & Tool Co., Syracuse, N. Y., genealogist of the L. M. Andrae, : Huntley family and editor and puh- Sales Correspondent ; lisher of a fine bulletin, "We Who

P.S. There are no 'Luther' people l Are Huntleys"l is taking prelimi- connected with this company now. p. S. NO. 2 We have a very good picture of M ~ . C, J. Luther hanging i, genera offices.

nfW steps a first Reunion a t Old Lyme, Conn., and

a Family kssOciatiOn- He writes your editor that he

is "sticking his neck out", and he (certainly is as, so far, he has car-

If you have niissed receiving any ried the entire burden; but Royce of these papers, drop a card and we j is the type to bring it to fruition. will send you the missing numbers. Gcod Luck, Royce.

A LEGACY OF HONOR My great grandfathpr, Jc:P:;!?

Luther, gave my grxndfnthc?r. W:'i- ton Luther, a isrm in the t : ; ~ i l of Milford, New York. The [arm was a wedding present. This proced to be a good start for the ycun? married couple, but later on it was lost in this fashion.

One evening, as Walt,on Lut.her entered the village post cfficr, 1. . was greeted by a neighbor Who ask- ed him to sign as bondsman for ti7:- tow11 tax collectcr. My r,r?ndrat,hf':. knowlng the m-rn acd tl-inkinr' i11m to be honest, s i~tlrd .::,; name to the bond and hi: f:: .-'.I into thc hands of the sherril~, for, after collectina most all of the taxes. the fellow fled West and never wes 1-eard of Wain.

The two other s ivers soon call- ed on my grandfat irL:' with a 1a.w- Yer and said, ' ' ~ ' f i ~ i ! , put Y0:Lr fwm in Your ~i f i . ' ' . narr.3 a rd '.-': can keep it." Cs?ndfat:ler r v Swered, "Yes, I c'ould krP7 "-' far"* but I my h71'- Or.'' He did not v:ii:l lawyer. and in due time the :;lc=: ' mk all his pro pert^ except his r x team and cart. and a few personal

great grandfather heard the news and rode down from t.he old homestead on the hill to call 0" his SO". ''Walbn,' he said* "I hem that you have lost your farm, but since you lost it with honor, I will give You another. You will have to start all ever again, clearing the land, and in the meantime, yo11 and your small fsmily can live with your mother and me."

A few days later, he londed my- grandmother and the twa smail children in the ox cart and drove up through the village to the clr? homestead. H~ worked hard all t17nt winter, out logs and halIlinL' them to the mill. and in the sprivrr. with the help of neighbors, clewec! some land and erected his hour. and barn. However, he never wr: the same, workillg hard all his act.- ive life, and never had mything to leave to his children and grand- children . except a legmy of honor.

That happened shortly after th? days of Honest Abe Lincoln from whom, no doubt, grarr'fnther tWk inspiration and colLTane. - Rev. Philip M. Luthc*.

MILITARY RFPORDS

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JEREMIAH, - of Theophilus Jeremiah Luther was born in

Swansea, s ass., in 1788. H ~ S wife was Deborah Briggs, a native of New Hampshire, and they were the parents of six children. m a old letters, family records, and descend- ants, we have compiled the follow- ing biography for the genealogy.

Jeremiah Luther (862) enlisted in the Navy in early life and be- cause of his spirit of wanderlust, the family often knew nothing of his whereabouts. He served in the War\ of 1812, and was on the ship Constitution, under Commodore De- catur, in the Algerian War. A f- ily tradition is that he was held for thirteen months in a London prison, and escaped by killing his jailer and making his way across the Channel disguised as a Holland- er. This is probably authentic, as the story was written by his dau- ghter, Mary, to S.M.L. in the 1at. ter's early genealogical cornpila. tiOn.3. Another story of his being held two years on a prison ship in England, and spending two more Years in France and Germany, may. be the same as above tradition. He was pensioned and also received a grant of land for his services.

Another tale runs t,hat he was a- way from home nine years, during which time he was not heard from by the family. On the morning of hi2 return, his mother, Zilpha, told the falnily . "Jerry will bc home to-

and sI,?nd cn their lawn for more ; In 1848, in company with about / Robert 0. lu t l l e r .~ r-n of Mr. t ? n n 11;O ycnrs. 20 Of his neighbors, he started for and ~ m . Carlisle H. 1,11:)ler, en.

This lznd I V ~ S not, as yet, for ' the California g3ld fie!ds. Jeremiah listed in the U. S. Navy last April sale, but government. officials gave . and several of the men started by, I on his seventeenth birthday. A f t r - him a "float" .~:?irh later, upon a boat for St. Louis, intending to ' taking his boot training at E?i.! c-r.:z:r. ngymcnt cf money, was to meet the rest there, who were trav- bridge ~ d . , he went aboard thr. I be exfi?:?..-- -! fc-- a deed. Here Jer- ' eling overland bv horses and o x , U. S, ,$. ~ t . O'l.mpus, which is ncT emiah, wi:h oA1le! farmers, signcd ' teams. I n the latter CcmPanY weye the fl:igship of Adm. Byrd's Expedi- the b!:-cl-: for enc',rn men who had his sons, .SeB J. C. and Barzlll~!. tion to the south pole. I.lir, ron+r?cb t n clir the Illinois Can- 'At St. Lauic, 112 intc;:;l:d to buy (continued on page 4) "1, T : . ~ r z c?-$..- ... ctors paid their food, clothing, and 1rincl.s' c?lgr?:ie-, ( bills for the first two months and and set up a store in the west. years later. Seth J. C. returned to

AT NINETY-THREE Mrs. Dora (Luther) Thompson

was born in Poynette, Wisc., eldest child of Oliver Cromwell Luther, who was born near Watertown, N. Y., in 1825. We give below the most recent of her many. letters to us, which we think you will agree comes from a wonderful woman.

She is of the Hezekiah line. - . Hoquiam, Wash.

March 7, 1947 Dear Cousin . Leslie L. Luther:

I feel I should gct a few v:ordr off to you, while I'm still hcre, for I am getting so forgetful an-! "loony like", zs one is apt to be when they get away up "thar" in age l k e I am these days I am 93 years, 6 months, and 12 days o:d. Old "enuf" to stop the many things I've been able to do for years. I feel you will agree with me.

I have been trying lately to get scme one to take over the I've been doing on the gellealogy of my family, and my daughter, ~ ~ ~ ~ t h ~ prench, with whom I have been living for years, will try

'keep you informed of marriages, births, and I feel she will do better than I have. For I feel sure she will send you all that's necess- ary.

I will write I have sons, 2 daughters 12 grmd children and 11 great' grand children. ~l~~ a

I grandson, by adoption by my dau-

then absconded with bhe funds. The cholcra was then raging in the Jeremiah and the neighbors had South and one night six or seven of h make gwd a n the bonds, which the little band died, Jeremiah am "took the lnst chicken, pfq, hoe, and ong them. All were buried at day- rake", leaving them destitute. That light on the river bank near Fort winter they had only potatoes and Leavenworth, Kan. salt for sustenance. . The sons continued on to Cali.

In 1836 Jeremiah attended the fornia where Barzillai died a few

his home and moWler in Illinois, carrying all his pxsessions in a bundle on his back. Jeremiah's wife was daughter of Moses Briggs, a Revolutionary soldier, and - Codding. She died a t the home Of their daughter, Mary Ann, in Le- mont, and is buried there.

day", and prepared for dinner alghter morence and husband, a s h Of parsnips of which he was ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l ~ ~ d . N~~~ is ~ ~ ~ b ~ r t mom- very fond. The son was in the mo- as-<j;reeeland. I ther's arms before the dinner was cold. On one occasion his father asked him why he had come home. The laconic was - get some of Ma's l'arsnips," a f t e r which he for western New

State' I' true* this must have occurred at an ear'er pe riod, as the family was in western New York in 1815.

I n the spring of 1834, accompani-

Love, Mrs. Dora Luther

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first "Land Sale" in Chicago and here bought his daughter Lurana, a hymn book which is in possession of her daughter, Miss Lucy A. Mit- &ell, of LaGrange. Ill., in 1947.

Jeremiah accumulated a little money and, with his family, moved

ed by his sister Eliza, her husband l n h the pine forests of Wisconsin. and son, he ind family removed to ;Here he erected a mill where he cook County xi!.,, in covered wag- ; Cut logs and piled them ready to be on, and t ~ k up 160 acres of land flmkd to the market when spring near the pioneer settlement of ~ t h - lains came, the money from which c:?s, now Lemont. The log cabin o f . Was to pay the mortgage on the t l-~e Luthers was 16 x 24 feet, and I farm. Again disaster overtook him. reven in the family. Relighus ser- I The rains came early and unexpect- vices were held in the cabin as smn . edly and the resulting flood 'carried as the roof was on. J?remiah's wife,. Ei.9 logs away a t such a rate that Deborab, bro1:yht acorns from Cast- :within an hour's time he was again i'e. arid f ~ r m ~ l l e a white oak mew :penniless, and still deeper'in debt.

BIRTHS I MARRIAGES

- To Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Holt,

Vallejo, Calif., Oct. 20, 1946, a dau. ghter, Toni Marie. Mrs. Holt was Aneta Fellman. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Werner P. Fellman (Fern Luther), of St. Helena, CdU. They belong to the Rome, Mich., branch of our Luthers. -

A son, David Edward Parker, was born Dec. 14, 1046, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Parker (Wfliru C. Lu- ther), of Watertown, N. Y. Mrs. Parker is daughter of Mr. and bdrs. Herbert 8. Luther Of Dexter, N. Y.. descendants of that sturdy branch oi our family who migrated from MaSaChUsetk to Herkimer Coun- ty, N. Y.; and, during the War of 1812 settled near Watertown in the northern part of the state. - To Mr. and Mrs. Willlam A.

Bossard (Alice Carson) of Hornell.

TO Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A. Luther (Alice Robinson) . of Elyria. Ohlo. ApN 1, 1946, a son, Allen Frank- l h Luther. Alfred is son of Mrs. Mary Luther and the late Frank Luther of Elyria, who have been falthful supporters of our Associa. tion and reunions, coming from 0. hi0 to Swansea, Mass.. to attend

N. Y.. NOV. 5, 1946, a' son. Donald Rabert. Mrs. Bossard f s daughter of the Late Walkr Carson and Le. lia (Luther) Carson of Angelica, N. Y.

In St. Francis. Kans@s, Feb. 19, 1947, Miss Freida Jean Beck was married to Mr. David E. Williams of Greeley. Colo. Jean is a .great grand daughter of Samuel Old. ridge Luther of Providence, R. I., who was a pioneer of Greeley. Co- lorado, -

- TO Mr. and Mrs. Amie Anderson

(Maybelle Flint) of Hillton, N. Y.. Nov. 10, 1946. a daughter, Valerie Edith. Mrs. Anderson Is daughter of the late Joseph B. Fllnt and Cora (Luther) Flint, of Birdsall, N. Y. The new baby's great grand mo. ther, May (Trcwbridge) Luther, is Living in Belmont, N. Y.

To Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Luther (Grace Valentine) of Buff- alo,, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1947, a daugh. ter, Trudy Jean. Douglas is son of Mr. and Mrs. Guernsey E. Luther of Buffalo. -

To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Yak. lick (Jeannette Luther) of Boulder. Colorado, Nov. 19, 1048, a son, Phil. ip Ward Yaklick. Mrs. Yaklick is daughter of the late Ray Luther of the Hezekiah line, and Nellie Dm. ley Luther, and grand daughter of Gorge Albert ~ u t h e r of hnsas City, Ran. -

To Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Mc Curdy of Roanoke, Va., Aug. 12, 1946, a daughter, Susan Oail. Char- les is son of Qeorge W. and Bertha (Luther) McCurdy of Hopewell, Va. and grandson of the late Rev. Cher- les Carroll Luther, an outline of whose life is in No. 7 of this paper. -

To Mr. and Mrs. Dale Luther (Marjorie Ranck) at Cincinnati, 0.

. a son, Gary Dale Luther, on Jan. 4. 1947. Mr. Luther was a Staff Sgt. during the war. He was sta- tioned all the time in England where he was a radio maintenance man a t an air fleld.

On Oct. 10, 1048, Miss Virginia A. Luther and Rolf Eichler were united in marriage a t the Jermain Memorial Presbyterian Church in Watervliet, N. Y. Miss Luther is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

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NECROLOGY 1 -Chester. -., m. 3, 1946, occurred the death of Nellie Augusta Presbrey, wife of Charles Burnside Luther. She was born in Mansfield. Conn.. Jan. 4, 1870, the daughter of Daniel 8. Presbrey and Augusta Hillman, and married Mr. Luther in 1900. In 1940, her father was healthy and acWve at 101 years of age. Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, Gordon Pres. brey of Milton, Mass., a daughter, Helen S. (Mrs. Alexander Mackay) of Dorchester, and a grand. daugh- ter, Carolyn Luther MacICaY.

Carlisle H. Luther. fonnerly of E. providenee R. I m l f is the a n of Dr. and &. A&er of Roch-r, N. y. They now r&de in ~ o c h - ester.

- Mr. Ivan B. m t t and Miss ~ a r y

Louise Raley were married Jan. 3, 1947, in the Baptist Church a t Oswegatchie, N. Y., by Rev. Frank Kelly. Mrs. Scott is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W~lliam Raley of An- gleus, South Carolina. Mr. S&t is son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Scott of Oawegatchie. Mrs. Ivan Scott (Hazel Buell) b daughter of the late Bert and Rasslyn (Luther) Buell of Harrisville and Oswegat- cNe, N. Y.

I MILITARY m R D 8

(continued from page 3) Cpl. Marion William Flint was

&charged from servfce Nov. 26. 1946. He Is one of our youngest generrlogists, is compiling a mint Genealogy, as well as working

o n his other lines.. He has greatly I aided us with Luther data, and has I a Luther Coat-of-Anns, copies of which he will send to you for 75 cents each They are well worth framing. His address is K D. 1, Andover, N. Y.

- Mr. Hubert Luther Tucker died

L" Norwlch, N. y., July 16, 1946. He WBS born in N. Pharsalia. N. Y. May 10, 1873, son of Abner and Laura (Luther) Tucker. and nrandson of -

and Earl 8tephen Luth- er, 8r, of Norwood, Pa., announce the marriage of their daughter, aetrude Anna Luther, to Mr. John Wilson Cunningham, son of -. Dorothy Bachtel and the John

g. e i h t F ti: ~ ~ ~ e ~ ~ $ CO.. Pa.. branch of our Luthers. He served in France in World War I, since when he has followed his pr0feSSion as a dentist.

I To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Reed I Luther (Dorothea' Davin) of West [ ~ e d w a y , Mass., a son Charles Ezra, Dec. 16. 1946. They also have Ro- berta, Wilso~l, and Davin. Wilson R. is son of the late Charles Ezra Luther of Bristol, R. I. This is the family line which has perpetuated the name Luther in Swansea for 300 years. -

To Mr. and Mrs. El& D. Luther of Dolgeville, N. Y , Mar. 3, 1947, a daughter. Cynthia. The parents started for the Little Falls, N. Y.. Hospital, became snowbound. but were lucky enough to get back home before the baby was born.

h l h m ' p i t t ~ u t h e r . who was born in Swansea, Mass., in 1777. Hubert

zYmzr ~tt"~e$od~~rwi,"&~ and the Masonic fraternity. He is survived by two so1:s. Harclri of Pitbford, 14 Y. and Hubert Of xomich, N. Y.: a, bmUler Geofge Of Pharsaua: a 'lster* 'hebe ywtnn Of No: w' ,: r.nd f cur prand 'hi'aren' -

Willlam Carruthers a, infant son of Joseph and Clara (Carruth. em) Giar, died in Plymouth, Mass. hospital July 14, 1946, after being scalded by a pot of water which he pulled onto himself. Clara is the daughter of Samuel and Mabel (Luther) Carruthers of Attleboro.

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William Henry Luther of Phill- ippsdale, R. I., died a t his home Feb. 21, 1047. He was the son of the late Edward C. and Emily A Luther of Pawtucket, and was an Interior Decorator, in charge of work a t the Rumford Chemical Co. He is survived by hls wife, Ada (Esty) Luther; a son Ralph of Phillipsdale; and a grand daugh- ter, Mrs. W a n Peterson. of Mom taaa - '!

Mrs. Eva (Luther) Sherman. wife of Clyde C. She-. died a t her home in East Providence, R. I., Jan. 2, 1947. She was daughter of Elisha and Estelle (Parrtsh) Luther; and a n active member of Grace Episcopsl Church, Orange. and the Order of the Eastern Star. She is survived by her husband, and two sons by a former marriage, Ekrol B. Millard of Cranstan. R. L and Lloyd MUlard of East Pro% -

Julia Mary Luther, wife of Shel- don Luther of Herkimer. N. Y.. died in the Herktmer Hospitsl March 15, 1947. She is survlved by her husband and two sons, Claude Lu- ther of Herkimer, and Ralph Lu- ther of West Winfield, N. Y.

1 Jennie H. (Connolly) Luther, widow of Edwin Sanford Luther, died a t her home in Pawtucket, R. I., Feb. 16. 1947. A Solemn Requiem Mass was held a t St. Ma- ry's Church Feb. aOth

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