Saturday, August 20, 2011

Other Wars

Henry Goodrich Wolcott (1853-1906)
Henry was a member of the NY Bar, U.S. Commissioner, Lt. Col. 21st Regiment, NY National Guards.

Charles H. "Harry" Ruhl (1879-1880)
Great-Grandson of Mary Wolcott
Philippines.  War Service, U.S.A.

Charles F. Bates
Husband of Charlotte Augusta Wolcott
He was a Captain, U.S.A. at Ft. Leavenworth, KS.

Richard Stewart Dyer-Bennett
Son-In-Law of Mary Matoon Wolcott
He was a Lt. in the British Army

Henry Goodrich Wolcott (1853-1906)
Henry was a member of the NY Bar, U.S. Commissioner, Lt. Col. 21st Regiment, NY National Guards.

Rodney Dean Nichols (1921)
Son of Emma Jane Wolcott
He was in the Royal Canadian Air Force (special U.S. Unit).  Crashed Nov 4, 1941 at High River, Alberta, Canada.  Seriously injured but went on to successfully manage a large farm growing grains and operating a dairy herd.  His youngest son, Russell died in a farm accident.  His brothers Randall and Sydney made such heroic efforts to save him that the Canadian government wanted to honor them, but the brothers declined because they did not want the publicity.  His daughter Marjorie Ann is Ottawa Bureau Chief for the Vancouver Sun and the only female political daily columnist in Canada.  She also conducts a weekly political radio show for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Roger Owen Smith (1961)
Grandson of Norma Mae Wolcott
Sgt., US Air Force in 1979, in Germany in 1983.

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