DAR Application of Margaret Cahoon

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Margaret Cahoon applying to the DAR: Origsize: 8.5" x 14"; Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 600 DPI
Margaret Cahoon applying to the DAR

Origsize: 8.5" x 14"; Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 600 DPI

Name/Title

DAR Application of Margaret Cahoon

Entry/Object ID

2000.FIC.02.137

Scope and Content

Original copy of the duplicate application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution on behalf of Margaret A. Cahoon. Duplicate National No. 4694 State Ohio Western Reserve Chap. DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP Mrs. Margaret A. Cahoon / Wife of the late Joel B. Cahoon DESCENDANT OF Margaret Hardman, the mother of Maj. Henry Hardman Application examined and approved / February 12, 1894 Mary Katharine Johnson Accepted by the Board of Management Feby 14, 1894 Eugenia Washington [P. 2] Margaret A. Cahoon...hereby apply for membership in this society by right of lineal descent in the following line from Maj. Henry Hardman who was born in Frederick, Md...lived in Frederick, Md and who served in the War of the Revolution. I was born in the City of Washington D.C I am the daughter of John Calhoun Dickson and Elizabeth Reaser Dickson his wife, and granddaughter of Jacob Reaser and Margaret Hardman Reaser (Sister of Maj. Henry Hardman), his wife great-granddaughter of Margaret Hardman *she said Margaret Hardman is the mother of the said Henry Hardman who assisted in establishing American Independence, while acting in the capacity of Major in the Maryland Line. Ancestor's Service. Major Henry Hardman was a brother of Mrs. Margaret Hardman Reaser, my grandmother. He was unmarried His commission as Major is in the possession of the family, obliterated by time, but that the date is Jan. 12, 1777 and is signed by John Jay. We also have dinner cards addressed to Maj. Hardman inviting him to the Fourth of July dinner with John Hancock, Gov. of Mass, in 1783. and one from Mr. Read, dated May 28.1783. of No.8 Bay Continued. There is also an inventory of regimentals. After the Revolution he returned to Frederick, Md. and at that place his death occurred. As a descendant of the the mother of Maj. Henry Hardman I apply for membership.

Collection

Early Family Papers: Cahoon

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Avery, Kate H.G.

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Babcock, Elizabeth C.

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Cahoon, Joel

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Cahoon, Margaret A.

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Dixon, Elizabeth Reaser

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Dixon, John Calhoun

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Hancock, John

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Hardman, Margaret

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Harman, Henry, Major

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Jay, John

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Johnson, Mary Katharine

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LIttle, Arietta P.

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Read, Mr.

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Reaser, Jacob

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Washington, Eugenia

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Notes

2000.FIC.02.136, 2000.FIC.02.138, 2000.FIC.02.139, 2000.FIC.02.140, 2000.FIC.02.141, 2000.FIC.02.142, 2000.FIC.02.143, 2000.FIC.02.144, 2000.FIC.02.145