REAL DAUGHTERS.

MRS. MARY M. BALDWIN.

The death of Mrs. Mary M. Baldwin, which occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Young, December 10, leaves only one "Real Daughter" in Oneida county. Mrs. Susan Edick Paddock, of North Steuben, has this distinction.

Mary Maria Baldwin was born in Danube, Herkimer county, November 5, 1814. Her father, Peter Mower, and her grand

father and three uncles served their country faithfully in the War of the Revolution. Her father entered the service at the age of 14 years. He served under General Marinus Willett at the battle of Johnstown and later he also served under General Putnam.

Her uncle, George Mower, was wounded at the battle of Oriskany, his shoulder being broken. He was an expert sharpshooter and took a position behind the roots of an upturned tree, and with one arm kept up a continuous fire from early morning until dark, a companion loading both rifles.

Mrs Baldwin was always on the alert to contradict the often repeated statements that the notorious Tory, Walter N. Butler, was killed by an unknown Indian. According to the family tradition Mrs. Baldwin's uncle, George Mower, killed the great "Tory" Butler. The story as Mrs. Baldwin has often told, was that as Butler was being pursued by a band of Indians and whites, as he was endeavoring to escape to Canada after the terrible massacre at Cherry Valley, he crossed the Mohawk River, near what is now the village of Herkimer. Approaching the West Canada Creek, all the whites with the one exception of Mower, dropped the pursuit. The Indians and Mower waded the stream, and on the other side Butler dismounted to quench his thirst at a nearby spring, and Mower quickly recognizing him by the uniform he wore, fired the shot which history, for a time at least, gave credit to an Indian unknown.

At the age of nine years Maria Mower removed with her parents from Herkimer county and located in the town of Annsville, and it was here she resided until she was married to Wilson Baldwin, December 27, 1837. The "Baldwin Farm" became generally known throughout this entire section as the resting place of many a weary traveler, and everyone was extended a hearty welcome and accorded generous treatment.

For the past thirty years her home has been with her only. daughter, Mrs. John M. Young.

Mrs. Baldwin was an active member and worker of the First Congregational Church of this village for over sixty years.

Mrs. Baldwin was the mother of four children, William, who died in Beaver Creek, Minn.; Lydia, who died in infancy; Henry Baldwin, who died about three years ago, and Mrs. Nancy M. Young, who survives.

Mrs. Baldwin was a member of Camden Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

MRS. SALLY M. REYNOLDS ALLEN.

Proud indeed is the Capt. Job Knapp Chapter, East Douglas, Massachusetts, of her "Real Daughter," Mrs. Sally M. Reynolds Allen now in the ninety-fifth year of her age.

She is the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Reynolds and first saw the light at Warwick, R. I., on February 20, 1810. Mrs. Allen is the sole survivor of a family of eleven children, being remarkably well preserved and able to go about

the house and neighborhood without assistance. She still remembers seeing General Jackson, and the picture of Washington and Lafayette as she saw them when the latter visited the United States is even now vivid in her mind.

At the age of fourteen she learned to weave in the mill. December, 1832, she was united in marriage to Richard Allen, a cabinet-maker. The daughter, Mrs. Joseph Bowen, with whom she resides, was her only child. There are now living

one grandson and two great-granddaughters. Her early married life was spent in Rhode Island, mostly in Providence, but since 1849 she has made her home in East Douglas.

Mrs. Allen's father, Henry Reynolds, enlisted in the Revolutionary army when a lad of eighteen and was stationed near Newport. Her maternal grandfather, Samuel Mitchell, was also in the service, being on the sea.

In her younger days Mrs. Allen was fond of braiding rugs. Later in life she has busied herself by making silk sofa-pillows, chair cushions and quilts. At the age of eighty-eight she made a quilt which is composed of squares one and one-half inches in size and at this advanced age Mrs. Allen was still able to use a sewing machine in her work.

She is happy in her membership in the Capt. Job Knapp Chapter and in the possession of a gold spoon, which she has lately received in honor of being a "Real Daughter."-ARVILLA LOUISE BATCHELOR, Historian.

MRS. ELIZABETH LAURENCE.

Mrs. Laurence was the daughter of George Williams, Bowdoin, Maine. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary war he joined the Continental army and marched from Brunswick to Dorchester Heights in Captain Richard Mayberry's company, which later joined the regiment in command of Captain Ebenezer Faunce. He was only twenty-one years of age, but his fine military carriage and expert knowledge of arms won him quick promotion from the ranks to the position of corporal and successive promotions followed, and it is said of him in the records that he served throughout the war with distinction and valor. Mrs. Laurence is always interested in current events as well as in the past and a call upon her is an inspiration. May she be spared many years.

THE LIBRARY OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS

OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

The librarian-general, Mrs. Edward Bennett Rosa, earnestly requests the aid of the Daughters in securing State archives, county and town histories, publications of historical societies,

Daughters of the American Revolution to make our national library one of the best in the whole country. The Continental