The 2022 Spring Meeting of the New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati was held in Morristown, NJ, on 21-22 May, at the Olde Mill Inn in Basking Ridge. At the business meeting two members were inducted, and three new ones admitted. Other business was transacted as well. The meeting was broadcast via Zoom to remote members. Joel T. Daves IV, Vice President General of the Society, attended. Following the meeting and a light lunch at the nearby Grain House restaurant, the members boarded a bus to visit local Revolutionary War historic sites: the Jockey Hollow encampment site; the Ford Mansion; and the Schuyler-Hamilton House, which was originally owned by Dr. Jabez Campfield, an Original Member of the New Jersey Society. The house today belongs to the Daughters of the American Revolution of Morristown, who welcomed our group and showed us the items that they were able to acquire for the museum with a grant from the Society. This included a plaque to be installed on Dr. Campfield’s grave. The temperature was in the 90s but the group was not deterred. The weekend concluded was a dinner at The Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen, a restaurant occupying what was once the Vail Mansion, built in 1918, by Theodore Vail who was president of American Telephone & Telegraph.
The officers of the Society reporting to the members: Registrar Patrick G. McCullough; Treasurer Gerald van Syckel Henderson, Jr.; President John McC. Shannon; and Secretary Louis S. Rice III.President John McC. Shannon (l.) and Registrar Patrick G. McCullough (r.) pose with Ned Rianhard, who was inducted at this meeting.President John McC. Shannon (l.) and Registrar Patrick G. McCullough (r.) pose with Mike Dunham, who was inducted at this meeting.Vice President General Joel T. Daves IV (l.) with John McC. Shannon.Vice President General Joel T. Daves IV addressed the New Jersey Society members at the meeting. Seen in photo: Patrick G. McCullough, Registrar; Gerald van Syckel Henderson, Jr., Treasurer (partly hidden); John McC. Shannon, President; and Louis S. Rice III, Treasurer.William and Pam Fleming at the Grain House restaurant where lunch was served following the meeting at the Olde Mill Inn.Steve Santucci, a reenactor and tour guide, with Ned Rianhard and James P. McNeilly, Assistant Secretary of the New Jersey Society, at the Grain House restaurant.John Petrie and Geoffrey Gamble at the Grain House restaurant.David A. Disi and Patrick G. McCullough at the Grain House restaurant.Ross W. Maghan and James B. Burke at the Grain House restaurant.In foreground: John C. Harvey and Katie Rice at the Grain House restaurant. In Background: Gerald van Syckel Henderson, Treasurer; Louis S. Rice III, Secretary; and Morgan Reese (partially hidden).Katie Rice, Joel T. Daves and Kathleen Burke at the Grain House restaurant.Gerald van Syckel Henderson, Treasurer; Louis S. Rice III, Secretary; and Morgan Reese, at the Grain House restaurant.The group visits the Jockey Hollow encampment.Sammy McCullough, son of Patrick G. McCullough, got to unlock the door of the Ford Mansion.The group in front of the Ford Mansion in Morristown. Foreground: Sammy McCullough. Second row: Molly Kellogg, Fred Kellogg, Gerry Henderson, Patrick McCullough and Joel Daves. Third row: John Petrie (standing in front of Steve Santucci), Bill Fleming, Pam Fleming, John Shannon, Sandy Rice, Chet Burley and Morgan Reese.Jabez Campfield House marker erected by the Morris County Heritage Commission.The group entering the Schuyler-Hamilton House.New grave marker for the burial place of Dr. Jabez Campfield, an Original Member of the New Jersey Society.Plaque to be placed on the grave marker of Dr. Jabez Campfield, an Original Member of the New Jersey Society.Posing with the new plaque for Dr. Jabez Campfield’s grave.
