Friday, February 25, 1898
Suddenly, at her home on Cumberland avenue, Fanny C. Bentley Wever, a member of Saranac Chapter and descendant of the patriot and pioneer, Capt. John Douglas of Chazy.
    And are they not then nearer, whom we see 
        With eyes no longer blind?  -James Buckham.

Saturday, April 30, 1898
William Mooers Platt, a member of the Nathan Beman Society Children of the American Revolution, died.

Sunday, May 1, 1898
At the battle of Manila Bay, Captain George B. Ransom, U. S. N. (son of Capt. Harry Sawyer Ransom, severely wounded at Drury's Bluff, in 1864) was Chief Engineer of the U. S. S. "Concord" and for his "eminent and conspicuous conduct" in that battle was given a medal by Congress.

Monday, May 30, 1898
   Saranac Chapter sent to the State Regent, D.A.R., $20.00 to be used in equipping hospitals, and the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution marked the site of the Battery of 1813-14 by the gift of a flagstaff and flag.

Thursday June 9, 1898
    Died suddenly, at her home on Court Street, Augusta (wood) Cady, a charter member of Saranac Chapter, D. A. R. and descendant of Jonathan Wood of Massachusetts, the patriot who marched from Boxford at the Lexington alarm in Capt. William Perley's company, Col. James Frye's regiment and served subsequently under the same command.

DEATH.

Strange, how we think of Death,
The angel beloved of God,
With the face like an asphodel flower,
And his feet with nepenthe shod;
Strange, how we turn and flee
When he comes by the sunset way,
Out of the Valley of Rest,
Down through the purpling day:
                                -Buckham

Friday, July 15, 1898
A meeting was called by Saranac Chapter, D.A.R. and a Patriotic Relief Association formed, of the officers of which, two were chosen from the Chapter and two from outside-all working harmoniously, assisted by individuals, who worked for both organizations.

Monday, August 1, 1898
Saranac Chapter, D.A.R. sent 55 hospital shirts, 75 cholera bands, writing paper, stamped envelopes and miscellaneous articles to Washington.

Thursday, September 15, 1898
Return to Plattsburgh Barracks of the remnant of the gallant 21st U.S. infantry and arrival of a large number of convalescents from other regiments. For the first the citizens furnished a dinner on their arrival and, with the help of individuals and other chapters and societies, Saranac Chapter for the sick provided soup, delicacies, home made bread, and the services of a trained nurse the weeks that followed.

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