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     Eleanora D. E. Degner was born on 29 July 1908 in Coon Twp., Buena Vista Co., Iowa.¹ She died on 9 April 1909 in Newell, Buena Vista Co., Iowa.² She was buried on 12 April 1909.²

     H. Hogrefe was born on 7 April 1912 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota.^2,1 He died on 7 April 1912 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota.¹ He was buried on 8 April 1912.¹

     Amelia Hogrefe was born in 1913.¹ She died on 29 November 1913 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota.¹

     Cora Whiting Abbot was born on 29 April 1866 in Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹ She married John Evangelus Hathaway, son of Joshua Hathaway and Ann Jeannette Hathaway, on 7 November 1888 at St. John's Cathedral in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin.^2,3 She died on 5 December 1889 at home in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, at age 23 from a uterine infection, about a week after the birth of her son John.^4,5,6 She was buried on 7 December 1889 at Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum (Block 12) in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin.^7,8

     John Evangelus Hathaway was born on 6 March 1859 in Marietta, Cobb Co., Georgia.^2,4 He married first Cora Whiting Abbot, daughter of Frederick Abbot and Emily Lynde Whiting, on 7 November 1888 at St. John's Cathedral in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin.^4,5 He married second Annie Helen Bixby on 27 July 1897 in New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.¹ He died on 9 December 1947 in Coronado, San Diego Co., California, at age 88.^6,2 He was buried at Greenwood Memorial Park in San Diego, San Diego Co., California.⁶
     He and his second wife Annie are listed in Milwaukee in the 1900 census.⁷ They probably moved to Easton, Talbot Co., Maryland, between 1906 and 1909, based on the birth locations and dates of their children Richard and Beatrice.⁸ They are listed there with their children in the 1910 census, along with John's son John from his first marriage, and in the 1920 census.^8,9 They moved to Coronado, San Diego Co., California, about 1920⁶, and are listed there together in the 1930 census.¹⁰ He remained in Coronado after his wife's death, and is listed there in the 1940 census with a lodger, Mary B. North.¹¹
     His occupation was listed as dredging contractor in 1900, mechanical engineer in 1910, and truck farmer in 1920.^7,8,9 His obituary says he was a civil engineer, and designed the first rough grade for the route of the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad from Chicago to the west coast.⁶
     He and his second wife Annie had five known children: Henry (b June 1898) , Charles L. (b abt 1903), Paul Lawrence (b abt 1904), Richard L. (b abt 1906), and Beatrice (b abt 1909).^7,8

     Edith Lynde Abbot was born on 6 March 1872 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.¹ She married Albert Montgomery Dupuy McCormick, son of Edward McCormick and Ellen Lane Jett, on 25 October 1894 at St. Paul's Church in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin.^2,3 She died on 2 February 1931 at her home in Washington, D.C., at age 58 after a long illness.⁴ She was buried on 5 February 1931 at Arlington National Cemetery (Section E, Grave No. 3566) in Arlington, Virginia.⁵
     In September 1899, when her husband Albert was serving in the Navy as a surgeon on the cruiser USS Montgomery, and she and their young children Lynde and Edith were living in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, she decided to join her husband in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the Montgomery was expected to be stationed for several months. She and her children sailed from New York on the steamship Nile, arriving at the harbor in Rio two weeks later. The Montgomery was also there, and a boat was sent over from the Nile, returning with several crewmen. Passengers on the Nile who had learned of her trip were scanning the group looking for her husband, who was finally spotted. She had planned to stay in Rio with friends, but because of a yellow fever outbreak there the Nile was quarantined and passengers were not allowed ashore. So her husband came to the Nile whenever he was off duty.
     The Montgomery was soon sent to sea on a three-week cruise, and Edith traveled with the Nile to Pernambuco, Brazil, where she and her children spent most of October. They later traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and by January 1900 were in Montevideo, Uruguay, where the Montgomery was then stationed.⁶
     By June 1900, when she was enumerated in the census, her husband was still on the Montgomery in Montevideo, but she and their children had returned to the United States and were living with her mother-in-law Ellie McCormick in Battletown Twp., Clarke Co., Virginia.^7,8 She and Albert are listed with their children in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, in the 1910 census⁹, in Berkeley, Alameda Co., California, in 1920¹⁰, and in Washington, D.C., in 1930.¹¹
     She was a member of the Colonial Dames of America, the Army and Navy chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Lloyd Williams Post of the American Legion Auxiliary of Berryville, Virginia, and was an active volunteer in the work of her church, and for Navy relief efforts.⁴

     Albert Montgomery Dupuy McCormick was born on 27 March 1866 in Berryville, Clarke Co., Virginia.² He married Edith Lynde Abbot, daughter of Frederick Abbot and Emily Lynde Whiting, on 25 October 1894 at St. Paul's Church in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin.^1,3 He died on 20 April 1932 at age 66 from a heart attack at his home in Washington, D.C.,² He was buried on 22 April 1932 at Arlington National Cemetery (Section E, Grave No. 3566) in Arlington, Virginia.⁴
     He was educated at the Potomac Academy in Alexandria, Fairfax Co., Virginia, then at the University of Maryland in College Park, Prince George's Co., Maryland, where he received his medical degree. He joined the U.S. Navy as an ensign on 23 July 1888, and was appointed an assistant surgeon. He served on the troop transport USS Panther during the Spanish-American War, and was at the Battle of Guantanamo Bay from 6-10 June 1898, serving both on board ship and ashore.² In 1900 he was serving on the cruiser USS Montgomery at Montivideo, Uruguay⁵, and in 1910 was on the battleship USS Michigan.⁶
     Rising through the ranks, he was named fleet surgeon for the Atlantic Fleet in 1910, and served at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, from 1910 to 1919. On 1 July 1918 he was promoted to rear admiral, and a year later was selected as inspector of all Navy medical department services on the west coast. From 1923 until 1930, when he retired, he served as president of three Navy organizations - the Board of Medical Examiners, the Naval Retirement Board, and the Navy Examining Board. He was a member of the American Medical Association and the Military Surgeons of the United States, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.²
     In addition to being listed on the USS Michigan in the 1910 census, he is also listed with his wife Edith and their children in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.⁷ They are listed in Berkeley, Alameda Co., California, in 1920⁸, and in Washington, D.C., in 1930.⁹

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• USS Panther (1889)
  
• Battle of Guantanamo Bay
  
• USS Montgomery (C-9)
  
• USS Michigan (BB-27).
  

     (?) Lamson was born on 1 March 1848 in Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts,² and died the same day. Beverly vital records say he was stillborn, but a letter to his mother Georgiana's sister Elizabeth says "Georgianna's little babe prematurely born lived but an hour or two."^2,3

     Charles A. Rice was born on 25 December 1867 (based on his age at death of 4 months, 1 day) in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.¹ He died from spinal disease on 26 April 1868 in Heath Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.¹

     Sanford Arthur Mathews was born on 13 February 1882 in Akron, Tuscola Co., Michigan.^2,1,3 He married Maude M. Evans, daughter of Albert Elton Evans and Charity Mabel Burlingham, on 9 March 1904 in Akron, Tuscola Co., Michigan.¹ He died on 17 February 1956 in Tuscola Co., Michigan, at age 74.⁴ He was buried at Demorest Cemetery in Akron, Tuscola Co., Michigan.⁴