The Luther Familv e - -

Devoted to the Interests of the Descenda'nts of CAPT"ABN JOHN LUTHER

of the Maesachueetta Bay Colony VOL. I n - N O 2 0 OCTOBER - - - 1947 50-CTSLY_E_EARL-Y I . -

RHODE ISLAND AND MARK LEE LUTHER KANSAS GET TOGETHER Qne of our distinguished CoU- AS we have told you, every issue sins about whom we have wanted

of this paper brings us kindly and to tell you, is Mark Lee Luther. encouraging let- which we wish who resides in Los Angeles, Calif. you might all read, 'but they are He was born in Knowlesville, in usually only appreciative Of what Western New York State, and we are trying to do for the clan. married, in New York City, MISS

m e n we receive one like the Grace Montagu Richmond, dau- following, where our medium has ghter of Hon. Jerome M. Rich- brought Eastern and Western mond and Eleanor M. Norton of cousins together, we will share London, mgland. our happiness with you. Hope Mark was educated a t DeVeaux every one of you buys a Boiler College, Harvard University, and and a Jewel! studied law a t Columbia Univer-

sity. Turning to literary pursuits. L. s. ~ n t h c r & Company he was for a long time Editor of Mechanical Equipment Smart Set Magazine. Through the

1018 Eighteenth St., N. W- years he became an eminent Washington 6, D. C. American novelist, some of his

July 12, 1947 better known books being: Favor of Princes; The Henchman; The

Mr. Leslie Luther, Crucible; The Sovereign Power; ~ u t h e r Family News The Woman of I t ; The Hope Moravia, N. Y. Ckiest: Presenting Jane McRae; Dear Mr. Luther: The Boosters: The Clean-Up: It's I am a Luther by .choice. The What You Are; besides many

Luther by birth to whom I am short stories which have appear- related is a reluctant correspond- ed in leading magazines. ent. He says the smell of ink spoils his appetite. I am glad this

not a typical Luther reaction, for we would then be deprived the existence of the Luther Fam- ily News which we both enjoy so much. May I add that the Luther by birth is quite as interested as I in expressing OUT interest and pleasure so long as he is ~xcused from the task of Peman, which seems to me more appropriately his.

Some time ago, you carried a story about a Luther who 1s in business in Washington. Well, we thought, tfiat makes two of us! you were writing about Doug- las Luther, a silve_rsmith, a t an address only a few blocks away from our. home. Eventually we went to introduce ourselves. We found Douglas has one of Wash- ington's smartest shops, off Conn- ecticut Ave. (the Fifth Avenue of Washington). People have told me that they walk by there just to have the pleasure of seeing his modernistic window displays, and his wares are very highly thought of. He and his partner, Miss Weeks, design and make individ- ual pieces of jewelry (only one of a kind). Incidentally, .I think every Luther should own a sam- ple. Good Xmas and birthday presents. (Unsolicited ad.)

Since Douglas and we are pret- ty busy so far we have only pro- mised ieveral times to get togeth- er very soon. However, we did attend Douglas' c 0 n c e r t this spring a t the Jewish Com-uity Center here. Doughs is an ac- complished pianist and tenor.

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Biographies of him appear in "Who's Who in tha U. S.". 1927: JOHN FRANCIS ELSBREE

When Hannah Luther, who was born in Swansea, Mass., in 1757, married Boomer Elsbree, little did she know that six generations la- ter, one of her descendants who, with his forebears had remained in Eastern Massachusetts, would be inkrested in her and her pro- geny. Interested is too mild an

"whops mo in cy- clopedia of American Biography; and the Farwell Genealogy.

Mr. Luther and his wife have resided in Philadelphia, Pa., Flo- rida, and in Europe.

After our researches had pro- duced the above facts, and when the Luther Family Association was formed, in 1936, Mark was most

attribute, for long before the Lu- I cooperative, and was elected our ther Family Association came In- to existence, John Elsbree had searched and found and charted, not only her ancestry and descend- ants, but thousands of other Els- brees and collateral lines.

So, after your editors had been in correspondence with him some years and had been impressed by his scholarly methods and volu- minous records, it was but natural that we should expect to meet a man of advanced years. But when he came to Swansea in 1936 to Mlp form the Luther Association, we were astonished to meet a Young man in his early twenties. with no beard, and not even a wife

But soon thereafter, he correct- ed the latter deficiency, and Miss Ida Letitia Brooks, a native of Grafton. N. H., became Mrs. Els- bree, and that the Elsbree-Luther tradition might be preserved, in due time along came Janet and John, Jr., and Marjorie, and very recently, David. They are a happy family of Luther blood, with John a banker and auditor and lecturer. He asks us to give YOU this mess- ' age:

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1 Western Vice President. But when we asked for further amplification of Fs own activities, he modestly parried, with an article of his father's life. Up to that time, our biography of him was:

IRA MANLEY LUTHER (1821-1890)

Ira Manley Luther (1252) was a farmer in Orleans County, N. y.. in early life, and also in the same locality during his latter years. His first wife was of Attic&, N. Y., a t the time of their mar- riage. She was daughter of Alvah Crippen and Mary Winslow, the latter of whom was a descendant Of Kenelin Winslow, brother of Gov. Edward Winslow of the Plymouth Colony. His second wife Was daughter of Hon. Sands Cole and Jane Eliza Wheeler of Or- leans County, and s descendant of John Cole of Boston and of North Kingston, R. I. ,who married Susannah, daughter of the famous Puritan reformer, Anne Hutchin- son. She was taken captive by the Indians at the time of her mother's murder. Orleans County Manuscripts, Book B, contains the terse record: June 6, 1867, I uni-

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The LUTHER FAMILY I (continued from page 1) 1 REV. JOHN COMER I

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Published quarterly a t Moravia, ted Honorable Ira M. Lzther to 1 John Conlrr (sometimes spelled N.y.? by ~ c s l i ~ L, and Bertha K., Jennie E. Colc, all of kinomles- ",oL.;:lcir), whose name is perpet- L~ t~he r , in th.2 intcrcst:; of the de- , vllle, N. Fe: 2i'.' uatea in that of sc.:e~-l, chillil.crl

scendants of CaPt. Johll Luther of ihe Massachusetts Bay Colony, al- lied families, genealogists, and libraries, -

Entered as matter Dee. 13, 1945, at the oace at Moravia, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. - Subscription rates, 50 cents yearly

OCTOBER - 1947 , A l " : 2 ~ ~ t ~ ~ ? ~ \ ~ ~ xs

0; :? ,. ?:<:!;: -?<, oil A,:- .,:,! i,, i1, ;,-; .s ;*,:., , j . :, 1,.

~u!iler , c, , , !;[lL,:L. (>,, ;.t;L:y c.,, ;. ? ,

lcrr iqora v l c t , . N. y., in her little >,,,,,. xa::li, ,$., 4 ,; !%., ,r:li LT,kL,e,

L.L L L : ~ early L-.,tlier lamilies and The following account, writtenlothc;.~, was bo:'il in Boston in 1734;

by his Iviark L~~ Luther s s p - . n t a year in Yale; v~as received indicative of the plollucr days! into the Baptist ~ ' n u r c h in Boston; of our now vanished West, and'and went to S v ~ n s e a to teach is here included as: an e:<amg!e,>.~11001 in April, 1725. He was in- of fo1-i.t;ude and integrity lor LLIC'ViLe(-i to preach there by profit of those who silall ioi~a\+ ; IYhcaLon. Eider yamuel Luther's

successor, arid so(,n a committee * inv~rcd him to suy-

prJbably as a col- eer of Lnr: Genesee country, Nev! ,1-;1=1:e of Mr. Wheaton. York of wisconsln, lllino;s, Uiqcovering s ~ m e opposit,ion to

and Nevada. Omhlan~b ilis setclcment in swansea. he .oung, his frontier boyhood in ~ e n t on to hewport, rt. L., where )$resterp ~~w York was fil;ed m'it,n he became pastor Of the "i"sL

!I:.1. Clh: :--no pr,;-st:c)n. HI:; early 13:lptist Church and, later, of " h.BS lrli,r

OilC uL 12~:p) sc LL.:,.:L:~ ill :.v:?:.~,,~L'~ !.,-I. : S

1.1-1.

t;yufig~l: against grea,s otids. A " " J ~ " ' ~ L".'l'"-". urhc-c 'I2 (' "" ,.*<:i Liiafit 111 u . ~ ~ i s l ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 1 ~ ~ 1 ~ ~ ~ 5 ~ " 1 li''-'. !:;!,en ~ o l a q2.j Y . ~ \ C U , . , L ~ Q ~ in L A J L -

d i i > , '-ii~l is a" ile p,;,:lntAa go OLG 10c:~- il'.'-'bJ-*'lf; day '; u": L''

KL,, as 1 (! -,,; , i i :!::, L - A ,,,"-) ll &,;- licll with this ..o)o trip, si12 V3i L!lite:.r,-d to coltz;t , a, . o- our " ~ u t h ~ < - ~ ' ' en r , , ~ : ~ ? .I.., ;, , - . : I .,L :, to estcnd to t::crn c,u:. :\.-:,~ !-in- tio:l3s i~lic.it:~ti:, .:., all: to , r i . : .~n~t firs[ hznd ,-hpir ,lit .,.rYt .ieL; renc,ion,j to ollr A;::o;.at:oll, auJ- licxticrn, nlid :~ctiv~Lirs.

,?,T,~;t~-ian ll~fldc rn!Is in New York, , l i l , , , , , , , T , , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

allti w;tshlris~,;ll. ~ : : ~ , . e ~ r , v&c:ltioll or out c: Lawn for L;,? day, bllt, of tho .- whc say;. in t.vcry installce tlii.? were most kird, intcrcstcd, nr;d hclpful.

ic.,lci but 1 ~ ~ s 3,,i.i~;..~Ll lv,lt:l -ALsi ,~ - d('i;n'A f" ' . ! ' "L 'Y L'l~"l'ii'~

~ , lo icra ~n st. Lduis. rr'.i:::l ;la 'Won events persons in S?!"a-

rlcovel-c.u, it alas 103 ~ , i i : f0: il:,t wnare 'lis f r ' i sun UJ cr3.5~ tho l;li?:l>. 1-2

many years' i i l ~ i l went LO i\jn\' Orleans *he-e, A LI:;~;.:, (: .;::.,;lo;,y b!r.nl; s.:r,t . ,:s money ..-.L . uoica, ~ J L L ne s.J!;~ his watcll anti b;!< pa^&?;(? on L ~ l ~ pGt A-'.' U? .-:"YehL'y Y.-l-

sknocilel.. ' ,.de,rL?L city, of Bo;- "he', the genz:tio:,~L, was retu,'n-;i for the hazardous I.uutc cr :L,d

to Rev. C i ~ i : ?. Lutiler, !ater L ;- ; tcrr geneo!o&ist, 3; ycars Int.~:. the Horn.

~ ~ ! i . : ) g the nine months vo;.ilze,:.211 e'rL'-lpl' '' i'roc'L.'tinr'clo!lf he visiced th;; leacllny pu:.?s J L -U t conti"ucd interest' . out,h America and mastered i .~t:.cxston..'s ~ornr~lenm~ies . ' ~ i l a / we again request vessel mxae nine at;tempts 011 nine ' You have colltacted us within a successive days ccfore it finailjr! year or two, you drop us a post

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flour and lumber mills. a- I t Was a t this period a country his was equivalent to an elec- the Luther t' your without law or order, the original tion, but he declined. leaders who have givcll so mll.-'h Mormon settlers having been re- After. the Civil war, he re- Of time to the cause Of the Associaticn' 'Our attendance at reunions and 'Our renclering Of such

as are to the furtherance Of the

far to keep the spirit Of and and

Iiiah. and malie 70u f e ~ l that you really are a LUTHER.

I'Xen the best Family Tree has its Snti

called to Salt Lake by Brigham Young to resist the Federal troops.

In 1859, the Comstock Lode was discovered and the wild scenes of the earlier rush in Califoi.qia were repeated. At this time his fpot was badly man~ led i i his mill and, there being no doctor within many miles, he calmly amputated some of his toes with a razor.

In 1860, during the Pah-ute up- he was fired upon at night A.I7n I...-- !--. - ~

turned to Western N~~ york and there spent his last years. H~ was a man. of tireless energy and ini- tiative, quick in thought and ac- tion, a fearless fighter for \ h a t he believed honorable right, He had the iron strain of his pu- ritan ancestors.

From 1700 to 1775, Over one-half the population of the towns of Fxa_ns:a- -a_* Rehoboth, MGS..

LUTHER'S CORNERS 1 GERMAN LUTHERS 1 THE WAVERLY REUNION

The following poem is from the 2ollections of swansea Historical Society, Inc. , -- Along a rural, pleasant road, .rhrough Swansea, lovely town, Beyond the polished mode' Where Nature wears her

where widened ways left apple trees

Outside of stony walls, where sbrtled leaves by autumn

breeze Are tossed before they fall;

I wandered o'er this traveled way, Forgetful of all care, On this fair, mellow autumn day Whose royal gifts I share.

The fields are bare, for farmers' hands

Have harvested the corn; And now the grain, liie golden

sands, Capacious barns adorn.

The forest tree on either side, Wears red and russet gown, And scarlet berries, far and wide, The wayside bushes crown.

On past tile thriving mpsies. place, (1)

I-.::st ci;,lrch and Ec~loolllouse door, ~ h ~ ~ . ~ broken rushes c,arly trace The frost that went before.

The lofty elms whose lengthened arms

Across the roadway reach ECeep uratch and ward o'ir thricty

farms And sturdy sermons preach.

And here the drooping wil!ows ;11 soft and graceful curve; The line; and arches that they

brinf:. From bcauty never swerve.

And on the left, the country store

You will remember we have "circhmstantial e v i d e n c e" that Capt. John's ancestors were in England for several centuries, and had no connection with the farn- ily Of the Reformer'

In many o f . the American cities , reside numerous Luthers of purely German ancestry. The greatest related group derive from a bIi- chael Luther, born in Germany c. 1657; died 1732; came to Amen- ca (probably Baltimore), and he or his immediate descendants set- tled in Randolph County, North Ccarolina, and in Virginia, where many of his progeny stiil rcsidq. Others of his descendants spread southu~zrct and westw.rd.

A great grandson, im, I had 16 children who are locatxi in Ala- bama. Other descendants of MI- chael are in Clay ~:ol?:lty, Ind. where they hold an annxal rp7i ,- icn; in Brazil, Ind.; in Luther, Iowa, which vras nr,,:led for th? family; in several localities in

and in other locali- ti, farther

Luther brothers sre seic! to have come from Luxembourg Germany. the 1849 gold ri,;'., to C~lifornia, Inndin. e t N ~ Y -

The descendants of Enoch and Polly Luther held their allnual re- union Sunday, July 27, 1947, at Waverly Glen .Park, Waverly. New York. Excepting the war years, this reunion has been held 42 years.

A basket lunch preceded the business meeting and entertain- ment. The same officers will serve for the ensuing. year, namely: J. Logan Luther, president; Leslie L. Lc,her, vice president, Mrs. Ro- wcna Scovell, secretarv and trea- surer. I t was decided t o hold the 1948 reunion a t Elmira, New York, with Mr. and Mrs. Theron Strope in charge of arrangements.

The date for the reunion will be thc first Sunday in August, one weck later than heretofore. Fol- lowing the Lusiness meeting, there was. e;l\el.-?iVln:er.L in tho form of a quiz program in which all par- ticipated.

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Lee Luther

of Ilion, N. Y., celebrated their 35th weddinq anniversary on June 12, 1947. Mrs. Luther was Miss Irene Bllrroughs. a native of Uti-

N. Y.. and Stuart was 'On

Coincs 6uicT-ly into vi-rv, (2) compiling a histo-y c.: the Rz;c:!::- A blccl:smi! F's :hap with cpen er.

dmr (3) Porther data in considera~;le

port, R, I,, and sepsra,tin,T. Frederick Luther of the Salisbury, ~ . ? s M ~ " u t i n , whoss groat grand N. Y.. branch. He has with .:''dret: now reside in Tcitas an:: the ReminSton Arms ''. Of 'lion Wisconsin. One of these. $':nr!es many years. They have two ,,pas a soldier in the First. Wor!d d m . Mrs. Ionc Ledger of Bridge- War and visited his relatlvcs 111 port' .'Onn', and Lee Luther Germany. of 1:lon.

A family in Central New York derives from a Jacob Luther, born FRE CT,OC1( STRIKES THREE l'Iullheim-on-Rhine. who came to America about 1830. My grzndmother used to sit and

In 1936, the wrltcr received a knit lace and over her head was csrdial letter from Dr. Hans LU- a mantel shelf. On it was a clock ther, Gennan Ambassador to the which had not struck for years-- United States. indieatin? his in- just sat there. tercst in our efforts, and advising One d a ~ suadenly it struck that he had for~lvarded our corrt'. three and was so surprised to spondence to Herr P,wtor Otto hear it. S:'nrtorius, Dankleshausen, Hanover I,, the evening cf the i r!.ildca Lmd. Germany, who was a came and annrmnced

that Gra.ndfacher's brother, Alvin. h" been klIled in the woods that

Ancl :? posl office, b90. (4) ico!i:me of G e m ~ n indivi,2~?! n , l d ! a f t ~ r l l ~ ~ n . FIe was felling a tree

Lnd then the mansion, large. and wide.

. - - . I , . t c :L, . lion-guarded door (5) l.s ample grounds have ne;er de-

nied :?. welcome to the poor.

111 odd and curious make, the hall -

h gifL unto the town - (6) . Atrcntion to the fact doth call, c , - ~ocjc? deeds here are known.

111 tlecsing others, he is blest. More than he thinks or knows;- Who, in true kindness, does his

best, Reaps all the joy he sows.

Still charming is the landscape fair,

Field. rock, and wooded glade; They altogether make and share Each softly tinted shade.

The store has marked the "Cor- ner" here -

4 strong and well set boudd, ;.i':lere honesty end justice ,.lea,., ('.I.: known the country round. (7)

:?ild now the sun dips in the west, '7 i i i l rose ~ n d purple clocfis,

:rcup Lutkiers arc -;:it?, tthe -qriter. when it fell on him and dashec!

I out his brains. The early records of the swan-

. zP7 Iflass., Baptist Ch.lr.rh. t h ~ n , $ ! rn !.eferred to as "Elder Lu- t.herls Church", are in the vault of the Durfee Trust Co., Fal! Ri- ver. Mass. Only here can they be o n ~ ~ l t ? d , and under supervision,

q ? . ye":.' :lrT:n, an earlier record 'Y:: b: nmy ~ti.iously c'is :?l:,cz~ed.

- . - -- -. -. . - -. . - . - - - . . . . . - . - - L-n~thening shado~vs fall apace. While tinkling cow-bells sound, The "Corner" wears its old-time

grace. And peaceful joys abound. ...... (1) Gypsy Hill, in South Somerset (2) ~ e ~ i s S. Gray's store (3) Richmond Gray.s Shop (4) Fanny Wood, postlnistress (5) Frank S, Stevens (6) Town FIall, Of field stones (7) Gardner Luthell's Genera!

Store (b. 1809; d. 1875). His store mas sa!d to kave been unique in the v~cnd;:rful di- 'I~isity of its contents. A

.' ud tariiit.,1lt grey ccn1e-s in a? "Cou-11 Syrup" and "Tem- guest, perance Bitters" he manufac-

Ere night the glory shrouds. tured gained much repute.

What time as il.? -"About 3:00 P-rfl as ny?r I s we ctin figure", said the n i ~ w n g e r . Grandmother said, "Walton, it's a queer thing. AS I ~n.as knit.t.iny: i.his aftelnoon, that old c l ~ k st,r!lck three."

( ~ ~ l d to me bl. IT" GrandmQ- ther Luther.) F"

TO L.I;.L. from Rev. Philip Lu- ther - Nov.. 1946.

(continued page At any rate, we are very much

pleased to find a new relative, no matter how remote by kinship and geographically - Douglas is from Kansas, we are from Rhode Island - and we knew you would be interested in this little tale.

Sincerely yours, Barbara B. Luther

(Mrs. Lloyd S.) p.g. - The Luther by birth, hav- ing czst an editorial eye over thk , rcmarl:~ tI?st, if every Luther should have a piece of Douglas' jf.-::cJ?y, they shotdd probably al- so have one of our boilers or wa- ter-softeners! (Solicited ad.) p,p.s. - Douslas' address is 2010 S. st.. N.W.

BIRTHS To Mr. and Mrs. George Ross

Perkins of Elizabethtown,, Ind., June 21, 1947, a son, Joel Lusse Perkins. George is a great grand son of ~ a v i d a (Luther) Brillhart, of the Linton and Indianapolis, Ind., Luther group.

I n Chicago, Ill., July 27, 1947, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Bloy, a son, Bruce Luther Bloy. Mrs. Bloy was Betty C. Luther, daughter of Dr. Earl 0. Luther of Rockford, Ill.

. To Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Rae of Portland, Ore., May 22, 1947, a son. Charles Luther Rae. Mrs. Rae was Miss Edna Ruth Luther, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Edward T. Luther of Portland. Edward and Earl, above, are brothers.

To Ward L. and Hope Palmer Luther, White Plains. N. Y., a son, David Hasbrouck, Sept. 22, a t St. Agnes Hospital

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NECROLOGY 1 A R E Y O U H E R E ? Mrs. Mabelle (Luther) Tyrrell,

68, wife of Charles P. Tyrrell, died a t her home in Bradenton, Fla., June 10, 1947, after many years of sufferine: from Chronic Arthritis.

Harvey LeRoy Luther died a t his home in DuBois, Pa., July 8, 1947. He was born in a log house in Clearfield County, Pa., Apr. 25, 1861, son of Erastus and Mary Ann (Kirk) Luther, grandson of Martin H. Luther, whose story we told in No. 8 of this paper, and great grandson of Lebbeus Luther who founded Luthersburg, Pa.

I n 1889, he married Elizabeth Edinger of Luthersburg, and in 1902 they moved to DuBois where

MEMBERS OF THE LUTHER ASSOC'AT'ON

(Continued from No. 9) 36 M i s s F a n n i e E. Daniels,

A native of Olean, N. Y., she had resided many years in Syracuse, N. Y., and was a graduate of Sy- m u s e University. They remozg: to Bradenton a year ago. was a member of Olean Methodist Church, where she is survlved by two brothers, George W., and James H. Luther, in addition to her husband in Bradenton. -

kt. 1. 42 - Walter H. Luther. Watertown,

Brooklyn, N. Y. 37 Miss lo r a M. D a n i e 1 s,

~ ~ ~ k l ~ ~ , N. Y. 38 - Sterry K. Luther, Johnston,

R. I. 39 - o is^ Eleanor K. Luther, Johns-

R. .dau' Of 40 - MISS Marion Luther. Johns-

ton, R. I., dau. of Sterry. 41 - - He_rbert A. Luther, Johnston,

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N. Y 43 - Clifton G. Luther, Clinton,

N. Y. 44 - Mrs. Helen (Harris) Nodine,

Amherst, Mass. 45 - Daniel B. Luther, Warren

R. I., died 1936 46 - Luther Barnard, 8 a n Anto-

nio, Texas 47 - Miss Edith Barnard, Provi-

dence, R. I. 48 -.Mrs. M m (Barnard) Gil-

"Bury me in a, hemlock "coffin, so i Troy was 'an early name for 1 I can go sizzling through hell." , Fall River, Mass. The Valley Press-Moravia, N. Y.

bert, providence, R. I. 49 - Mrs. Esther (Luther) Braley.

McKean, Pa. 50 - Clinton Barnard, Cobleskill,

N. Y. 51 - Albert .C. Mason, Franklin,

Mass., died 1940. 52 - Charles Ezra Luther, Bristol.

R. I., died 1946 53 - Henry W. Luther, Bristol,

I. 54 - Miss Bertha K. Luther, Swan-

sea Mass 55 - M ~ S .Mary (Luther) Peckham,

Rehoboth, Mass. 56 - Fred W. ~ u t h e r . Bristol, *. 1.7

died 1939. 57 ' Mark Lee Luther*

~ S I Calif. 58 - Charles Fisher Luther, Bas-

ton, Mass., now resides Mil- ton. Mass.

59 - Willard Blackinton ~ u t h e r , ~ Boston, Mass., now resides ln Cambridge, Mass.

60 - E. Seminary. N. Y.v died

61 - Louis H. Luther. Berwyn; 62 - Myrt1e Luther

'Onn' 63 - E. Haddon-

N. J. 64 - Enos T. Sherman, Dunkirk,

N. .Y. 65 - Dun-

kirk, N. Y- * -$~'nl~~her*Lher,Providencel R' I"

67 - Charles. M. Luther, Manlius, N. Y., died 1938.

68 - Mrs. Alma Harris Abell, SY- racUSep N- Y-

69 A D. Luther, Waupaca, WiSc'

70 - Mrs. Lawrence' Hqsbrouak N- J'

71 - Mrs. Elsie Lawrence Herri- N' J'

72 - George E. Luther, Smithboro, N. Y.

73 - Redmond S. Cole, Tulsa, OHa. (To be continued)

PUBLISHING FUND We have received a further offer

of $50 toward pt~blishinp the Lu- ther Gmalagy , from e descendand who is removed eight generatiom 'rom the Luther name.

MARRIAGES I he was i n the grocery business. earl R~~~ Luther, son of Mr. and He is survived by a daughter,

Mrs. J. Logan Luther of the Wa- verly, N. Y,, branch, and Miss Mary Edith Gould, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gould of Waverly, were married in Oct' 5'

are making their home in Waverly.

A u g ~ ~ s t 30, 1947 Miss Thelma M~~~~~ Luther, daukhter of Mr. and Mrs Guernsey E. Luther of Kenmore: N. y.. was married to Mr. Walter A. Schafer in the Ken- more Methodist Church. Thelma attended the 1940 Luther reunior'. in Swansea, Mass., with her par- ents, and was the young lady who cnterteined us with taD dancing in the Grange Hall.

Miss Hazel I. Luther: two broth- ers, Austin and LaFayette, all of DuBois: and a sister Mrs. James E. Kester Of BrOckway* Pa.

Howard E Whitaker of Nichols Corm., died ;cry suddenly ~ a n u ~ ~ i 1, 1947. He is survived by his wife, Myrna Carlson mitaker. Mrs. Whitaker is the daughter of Charles H. and Myrtle (Luther) Carlson COnn. -

Mrs. Maurice L. Warner, nee Clara Luther Harris, died in Am- herst mass., May 28, 1947. She Was born in Syracuse, N. Y., May 26. 1884, the daughter of Frank L. aqd Clara (Luther) Harru. Mrs. Warner's mother was a sister of

Mrs. Marjorie (Luther) G~~~ iMis.5 Genevieve Luther, whose ob- aild Mr. Guy Vane, both of Gro- ! l t ~ a ~ is here given. ton, N. Y.. were married In Gro- 1 - ton July 26, 1947.. Mrs. Vane is the / l.fiss Genevieve Luther, 79, died dauchter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Et her home in Brooklyn N. Y., E. Lut,hel-, who reside on the farm 1 ~ U E U S ~ 15. 1947. She was 'born in :.car Groton which Clifford's great, i Syracuse, N. Y., May 31, 1868, the <--eat r-rnnd father, Ezra Luther, daughter of John M. and Jane the F&f.volntionary soldier, pur- (IInrtshorn) Luther. This family cha~ecl in the Military Tract. cf Luthers and the Hartshorns - , vrere early settlers in ~yracuse ,

,~ . t the o ld Stone C!lur~h in l Jchn M. being a prominent Iron wise., on scpt. 1 0 4 ~ . , r t imufact~~rer there, and later in

n,-crlrrr;i t,~,? marriage ~ i ? ~ : Virginia. Genevieve was the young- p i r n a ~ t ~ ~ ~ b ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ and l,awrrnee, est, and the last of a family of Luther Louden. Mr. Louden is a Seven children - sox of Mr. and Mrs. Luther .I: I

SOME SKATER Louden. and grandson of Davi:: 1 A poster came to us from the and Blanche (Luther) Louden, all i of ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , ~ 1 ~ ~ ~ b ~ and her i U S 0 Club in Ancon, Canal Zone. tprs. M ~ ~ . weQtnhnl and Mrs. One item says: "Let us proudly Jl-rlJerman of Dplavan. are de- i anlJ0unce that we have the Young- ccpndantq of ~ l , - ~ ~ i ~ h ~ ~ t h ~ ~ of I est r ~ l l e r skating floor manager on

the Isthmus He is 5 year old Tom- m'atert@wn. N. Y.. abol~t. whom j mic Belent: He will do anything you read in our July, 1947, Issue. : you can do, and better He does ALSO AN ATHEIST lhis turns and jumps with a n ap-

lcmb worthy of a hard boiled pro- I n former issues, we gave a fessional.n Tommie is son of Mr. list. of our ~ u t h e r s who were yini- , and Thomas Balent of the

st-%, as f a r as our records show. I U. S, service, and is grandson We also had one unbeliever, a of Thomas and Hazel (Luther) voung man of Central New York : Anz of Tampa, Fla. State. who died of "linqerinq con- sum~tion:' He knew the extent oi / m e town of Warren, R. I., y e s his malady, but clunq to his athe- i set off from Swansea, Mass., in ism to the last. fncetiouslv statinn: 11746.