Posted by George A. Gray on 1/24/2005, 7:04 pm
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I've discovered that I have a family connection to the Boy Scouts of America. My Uncle Ed writes: "Charles H. Stoddard was the second husband of Dad's mother's sister, Mary Jane Hill. He was the western sales representative of the Munsy Corp. in Chicago. He was a member of the Committee that founded the Boy Scouts of America about 1910. Some other members of this committee were Nicolas Murrary Butler, General Leonard Wood, and Ernest Thomas Seton. I remember 'Uncle Stoddard' visiting Annaoplis sometime in the '20's." Uncle Ed is my father's older brother; he edits a family newsletter which he sends out aperiodically during the year. As you have probably noticed, my Uncle Ed has an unusual way of describing family relationships. Charles H. Stoddard was my Uncle Ed's uncle, which makes him my great-great uncle. Mary Jane Hill (Uncle Stoddard's wife) was my great-great aunt, sister to my great grandmother Anna Marie Hill. Does anyone have this Charles H. Stoddard in his/her family tree? - George