Suggested edit: Three Daughters of Revolutionary Soldiers Still Living. The December meeting of the Egyptian Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, was held in the home of Mrs. Julius P. Schuh, 2914 Elm St., Cairo, December 12. The spirit of giving prevailed throughout the business session presided over by the regent, Mrs. Walter B. Warder. Small gifts were made to several charitable organizations, the sick were remembered and, in connection with the subject of the program, “A Day of Remembrance,” a silver gift was made to the three living daughters of Revolutionary soldiers. Mrs. Charles E. Dille, state chairman of the Real Daughters Committee, read the following sketches of these “Real Daughters,” as they are designated by the DAR—Mrs. Mary Poole Newsome of Gibson, Ga., Mrs. Caroline P. Randall of Springfield, Vt., and Mrs. Annie Knight Gregory of Williamsport, Pa. Mrs. Newsome, who was born on April 15, 88 years ago, is the last of the widely-known Poole sisters and still lives in the old homestead at Gibson. The walls of her home are lined with pictures and articles presented by various chapters of the D. A. R. throughout the country. In front of the old homestead is a mail box the largest size manufactured by a mail order house, from all parts of the country come letters and postcards from D. A. R. members. Mrs. Randall, 89 years of age, whose birthday was Sept. 19, 1849, is the most interesting old lady, a member of a family outstanding in Massachusetts and New Hampshire life ever since her great-great-great-grandfather drove a yoke of oxen into Spencer Hollow, now part of Springfield, Vt., carrying all his possessions on a sled. Her father was a clock maker and three of his clocks are still running.
Mrs. Gregory, born on March 23, 1843, is the eldest of the three, being 95 years old. She is also the spriest and is widely known through the Pennsylvania Susquehanna Valley. She was born at Liverpool, Pa., and her father, Richard Knight, was a drummer boy in a Pennsylvania battalion in the Revolution. He also served in the War of 1812 and later was the proprietor of the old stone hotel near Liverpool, which at that time was an important tavern on the Susquehanna River Canal. Each receives a pension from the Society and is being well cared for in a private home either by relatives or friends.
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