James Munroe

Notes:

It is believed that James graduated from St. John's College.

When he was still quite young, he served as a county commissioner of Anne Arundel County. He was elected Mayor of Annapolis in 1871 and again in 1873, serving 4 years. He was the first Republican mayor of Annapolis since the Civil War.

For 25 years, he served as superintendent of the First Methodist Church Sunday School and as a trustee and recording steward and treasurer of that church. At one time he was said to have been in business longer than any other merchant in Annapolis. He was in the dry goods trade for 47 consecutive years. He also was a long time member of the Board of Visitors and Governors of St. John's College. (Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep 1896)

When James suffered a stroke in about 1886, his son, Frank, quit law school in Baltimore and came home to manage the store.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Moore, Mary Jane - membership application

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 4.i., note 5, note 11

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

James married Matilda Rebecca Walters on 25 May 1862. Matilda was born on 26 Nov 1838 in Of, Gettysburg; died on 26 Feb 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George graduated from St. John's College in 1872. He became associated with his father in the merchantile business in Annapolis and pursued that career for the rest of his life.

He lived in Southern Pines, North Carolina, for many years. He had been brought up in the Methodist faith, but during his residence in Southern Pines, he affiliated with Emmanuel Episcopal Church there and served as a delegate to two conventions of the Diocese of North Carolina.

He is described as a dapper little man, very slight, who always wore silk gloves. As a boy, Frank A. Munroe, Jr., remembered his Uncle George (perhaps mistakenly) as something of a "black sheep" and that he had been married and divorced at some time before he married Dinah "Nina" E. McKee.
George died in the hospital in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 5.i., and note 7

George married Dinah E. McKee on 4 Feb 1886. Dinah was born on 2 Jun 1861-1862; died on 26 Sep 1937. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James graduated from St. John's College in 1874 with a BA, and from the University of Maryland in Baltimore with a BL. He was later given the degree of Doctor of Law by the University and by Washington College. He began the practice of law in 1875 and at his death was dean of the local bar, having served several times as president of the County Bar Association. A Republican, he was first elected State's Attorney for the County in 1883 and later served two other terms. He was a member of the American Bar Association in addition to the State Association. He was a director and counsel of the Farmers National Bank and of the Annapolis Savings Institution. He was a Mason, a member of the South River Club, a former president of the Annapolitan Club, a member of the Maryland Historical Society, a former circuit vice president of the State Bar Association, and a member of St. Anne's Church.

James married Mary Adele "Mamie" Chase.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Moore, Mary Jane - membership application

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 5.ii., and note 8

James married Mary Adele Chase on 25 Feb 1885. Mary was born on 31 Aug 1860 in Of, New Orleans; died in Dec 1942. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 5.iii.

Notes:

Mary Anne "May" Munroe married Fred Roland Brainard, who graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1880. Lieutenant Brainard was aboard the USS Kearsarge when it grounded on a reef south of Jamaica. He and one enlisted man sailed 800 miles in a sixteen foot dinghy, to Aspinwal (later named Colon), Panama to cable the news to the Navy Department and to attempt to find help for the ship. It is thought that the difficulties of this sailing trip brought on Fred's early retirement from the Navy and his death. (The USS Kearsarge was the ship that sank the CSS Alabama in the U.S. Civil War.)

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 5.iv. and note 9

Mary married Fred Roland Brainard on 12 Mar 1885. Fred was born about 1858; died on 25 Mar 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Grafton graduated from St. John's College in 1882 with two academic degrees, and from the University of Pennsylvania with a DDS. He set up his dental practice in Springfield, Illinois, and in 1890, he and Betty Brown were married there. After fifteen years of general practice, he became one of the ten charter members of the American Association of Orthodontists.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 5.v. and note 10

Grafton married Betty Brown on 2 Oct 1890 in Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, USA. Betty was born on 20 Feb 1866 in Of, Springfield, Illinois; died on 1 Jan 1974. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Frank graduated from St. John's College in 1885. He was a member of its first football team. He started law school in Baltimore, but when his father suffered a stroke, he gave up law and returned home to manage the store. When his father died in 1896, Frank took over the store and ran it until he sold it in May 1929.

In 1909, Frank was elected to the City Council. In 1912, he became a Judge of the Orphans' Court of Anne Arundel County. In 1935, he was appointed by the Governor to be a member of the County Board of Educatation, and served as its president for 15 years being reappointed by Democratic and Republican governors every four years. Frank was always a Republican and was elected Clerk of the Court in 1934 for four years. In 1946, at the age of 80, he was elected County Commissioner by a huge majority.

Frank was one of the organizers of the Annapolis Volunteer Fire Department and continued to answer fire calls until at least 1914.

He was a member of the Severn River Boat Club (later renamed the Annapolis Yacht Club). He rowed sculls as a young man. He was a Mason for over 50 years, a member of the South River club and the Annapolitan Club. He served as Junior Warden of St. Anne's Church for 40 years. While he was President of the Board of Education, he attended every graduation ceremony in the County, and kissed every girl graduate.

Frank married the daughter of John Wilson and Matilda (Davidson) Inglehart. It is not known why her surname is Hall. Perhaps she was previously married.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - undated newsletter showing the
descendants of Matilda Davidson and John Wilson Inglehart

(2) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 4.i., note 12

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Frank married Margaret Davidson Hall on 12 Nov 1896 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, USA. Margaret was born on 23 Sep 1870 in Of, Davidsonville; died on 26 Apr 1954 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.i.

Eleanor married Clinton H. Collester on 22 Aug 1916. Clinton was born in 1881; died in 1965. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James served as a Second Lieutenant in the 5th Aero Squadron during World War I. He was never married.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.ii.

Notes:

Golda married in succession, six graduates of the United States Naval Academy.
(1) Donald Morrison - class of 1906 - died 1 Oct 1912
(2) Harold Burdick - class of 1909 - died 16 Jan 1919
(3) Warren Nixon - class of 1907 - died 1 Jan 1923
(4) George Kenyon - class of 1907 - died 15 Feb 1950
(5) Charles C. Gill - class of 1907 - died 24 Apr 1948
(6) Robert Haggart - class of 1912 - died 7 Jul 1966

Husband number five, Charles C. Gill is listed as both husband number five and six and his death date is a bit out of order. ?

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.i.

Family/Spouse: Donald Morrison. Donald was born about 1884; died on 1 Oct 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harold Burdick. Harold was born about 1884; died on 16 Jan 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Warren Nixon. Warren was born est 1884; died on 1 Jan 1923. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Kenyon. George was born about 1884; died on 15 Feb 1950. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles C. Gill. Charles was born about 1884; died on 24 Apr 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Robert Haggart. Robert was born about 1884; died on 7 Jul 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary's husband, Lawrence F. Reifsnider, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1910. He served with the U.S. Amphibious Forces, Pacific, throughout World War II. As a Captain, he commanded Transport Division 10 which conducted landing operations training at Auckland, New Zealand, just before the Guadalcanal operation. He was Commander Amphibious Forces, South Pacific, in the Guadalcanal and Russell Islands operations.

E. J. King grudgingly permitted his promotion to commodore in 1943. As a commodore, he was Commander Amphibious Group 4 in the Marianas operation. After being promoted to rear admiral, he was Commander, Northern Attack Force, Task Force 53, in the Okinawa operation.

Upon his retirement on 1 Dec 1949, he was promoted to vice admiral. During his Naval career, he received the Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross with two stars, and the Legion of Merit. ("Amphibians Came to Conquor" by Vice Admiral George Dyer)

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.ii., note 14

Family/Spouse: Lawrence F. Reifsnider. Lawrence was born est 1885; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Walter graduated from St. John's College in 1908 and later graduated from Cornell University School of Engineering. He served as a Reserve Lieutenant during World War I in Naval Civil Engineering Corps. He was Chief Engineer of the Anne Arundel County Sanitary Commission for 33 years and deserves the credit for turning Spa Creek from a cesspool into a beautiful body of water - a true ecologist ahead of his time. In 1941-1943, he was on load from the Sanitary Commission serving as Water and Sanitary Engineer for the contractor who built the U.S. Marine Corps Camp LeJeune, North Carolina and the U.S. Marine Corps Cherry Point Air Station in North Carolina.

Walter was a charter member of the Annapolis Rotary Club, a director of the Farmers National Bank, and a member of the South River Club.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Moore, Mary Jane - membership application

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.iii.

Family/Spouse: Lyda Joyce. Lyda was born on 9 Jan 1883; died on 27 May 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emily's husband, Laurance N. McNair, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1905. He commanded a destroyer in the English Channel during World War I, and received the Navy Cross. He commanded the USS Eeina Mercedes (a Spanish War trophy) station ship at the U.S. Naval Academy. He later commanded the USS Richmond (cruiser) and the USS Tennessee (battleship).

Laurance served as Naval Attache in Rome, Italy 1933-1936. In 1940-1941, he served as Captain of the Yard at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard and liason officer to the New York World Fair. In 1941, he returned to Rome as naval Attache and was taken prisoner upon the entry of the United States in World War II. He was released with the first exchange of diplomats in June 1942.

In 1942-1946, he served as Chief of the General Staff and Inspector at the Naval Mission in Lima, Peru and Inspector General of the Peruvian Navy. He continued living in Peru until 1956 when he moved to Coronado, California. After his wife, Emily, died in 1962, he went to Madrid, Spain, to be with his daughter, Jane, who was Secretary to the U.S. Ambassador to Spain. He died there in 1964.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.iv., note 15

Emily married Laurence N. McNair on 1 Jun 1916. Laurence was born on 30 May 1884; died on 8 Oct 1964 in Madrid, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.v.

Notes:

Adele's first husband, Walter O. Henry, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1913.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.vi.

Family/Spouse: Walter O. Henry. Walter was born about 1897; died on 27 Apr 1936. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Augustine Mason. Augustine was born about 1897; died on 7 Sep 1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As a boy, Roland and his mother lived with Roland's uncle, Frank Munroe, for several periods before and after his father died, and while he was in the Naval Academy.

Roland graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906. He participated in the world cruise of the Great White Fleet in 1908, and served in the early torpedo boats. He did post graduate work in ordnance and then served at the Naval Ordnance Proving Grounds at Indian Head, Maryland prior to World War I.

As a Commander, Roland served as the Gunnery Officer aboard the USS Florida in the Sixth Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet, in the North Sea. He received two foreign medals for his service.

In 1919, he became Gunnery Officer on the staff of Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet, when that fleet was formed and moved to the Pacific. He successively commanded a destroyer and a cruiser and attended the Naval War College. He also served in the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance and at the Washington Gun Factory.

When World War II broke out, Roland was a rear admiral and Director of Ship Movements in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Stark. In early 1942, he was ordered to organize and train amphibious forces for the North African operation, but upon the death of Vice Admiral A. L. Bristol in his flagship at Argentia, Newfoundland on 24 Apr 1942, Roland was ordered to succeed Bristol as Commander Support Force which was later designated Task Force 4 and later still called Task Force 24. In this position, he commanded U.S., British and Canadian air and sea anti-submarine warfare during the height of the submarine attacks in the western North Atlantic.

While aboard his flagship at Argentia, he suffered a cerebral hemmorage and was physically retired but remained on active duty as Executive Vice President of the Navy Relief Society and is credited by the Society with establishing the Endowment Fund which enabled the Society to continue its work in post war years.

He received the Distinguished Service Medal for his services in the North Atlantic.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.i., note 17

Roland married Jessie Wisdom on 1 Jun 1909. Jessie was born on 15 Sep 1884 in Of, New Orleans; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.ii.

Notes:

Ogden followed his father and became an orthodontist. He served in the Dental Corps of the United States Army during World War I.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.i., and note 10

Ogden married Katherine Kelly on 26 Jun 1926. Katherine was born on 29 Nov 1895 in Of, Springfield, Illinois; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.ii.

Frances married Russell S. Tharp on 30 Sep 1922. Russell was born on 16 May 1891; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.i.

Notes:

Frank graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1925. He resigned his commission in the U.S. Navy in 1928 and accepted a commission in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He began working for a coal company in Pittsburgh, and one year worked underground as a surveyor. He then worked for ten years in the office of a steel company in Youngstown and Cleveland, Ohio.

He made several reserve cruises on the Great Lakes in Spanish War gunboats. In Oct 1940, he was ordered to active duty to recruit his reserve division to full strength. In early 1941 he took his division to Hoboken to fill out the crew of USS Polaris (AF-11), a refrigerator stores ship which had no refrigerating machinery. The ship made three round trips to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Coco Solo carrying cement and lumber in the reefers.

In Jan 1942, he was ordered to take command of the USS Hilo (AGP-3), a 2000 ton private yacht which was being converted into a PT tender. From Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, he took four PT boats to Palmyra Island and thence to Funa Futi in the Ellice Islands, where his PTs picked up Eddie Richenbacker and his crew. After leaving those PTs at Funa Futi, he took six other PTs from Noumaa to Australia and then to New Guinea, remaining there at anchor until Mar 1944, except for a three month overhaul in Sydney.

In 1944, Frank returned to the U.S. to take command of the USS Cyrene (AGP-13) a cargo ship which was being converted in Baltimore to be a real PT tender. Upon completion of the conversion, he sailed it to Leyte Gulf and remained there until Nov 1945.

In 1945, Frank had attained the rank of Captain and he applied and was accepted back into the regular U.S. Navy. After serving four years at the Bureau of Personnel, he took command of a destroyer tender, the USS Hamul, AC-20, which was home ported in Plymouth, England. When the Korean War broke out, he ferried 59 women and 61 children back to Norfolk and then went to Sasebo, Japan for 6 months.

He commanded the Naval Station in Seattle for two years, then served for three years as Marine Director of the Panama Canal. He retired from the Navy in Sep 1957 after serving as Administrative Officer at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

In retirement, Frank built a home on Hood Canal and helped organize the local fire department. He became deeply involved in Parish and Diocesan affairs and served as Senior Warden of St. Paul's in Bremerton, Washington.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.i., note 18

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Frank married Martha Stone Rogers on 7 May 1927. Martha was born on 13 Apr 1904 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA; died on 13 Aug 1983. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Donald and Margaret had no children.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 7.i.

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary's husband, Glover T. Ferguson, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1933.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 7.i.

Family/Spouse: Glover T. Ferguson. Glover was born on 29 Jun 1912; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 7.ii.

Emily married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref. (1) shows Elizabeth as a daughter of Walter Munroe Brainard, but it also says that Walter died in infancy. It is guessed that Elizabeth was actually the daughter of Walter's brother, Roland Munroe Brainard.

Elizabeth's husband, George S. James, Jr., graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1931.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 7.i.

Elizabeth married George S. James, Jr. on 2 Nov 1935. George was born on 30 Nov 1910; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret's husband, Edson L. Garrabrants, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1947.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 7.i.

Margaret married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]