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Paulding was of a buoyant temperament, took a cheerful and hopeful view 

 of things, and was ready for fun; but he had a horror of practical jokes and of 

 puns. He often said: "Life is too short for controversy." 



Hiram Paulding married, in 1828, Anne M. Kellogg, of Flatbush, New York, 

 who had been educated by her father, Jonathan W. Kellogg, a graduate of Yale 

 and the headmaster of Erasmus Hall in Flatbush. They had 6 children: (1) 

 Anna; (2) Tattnall, who was colonel of the Sixth Cavalry, United States army, 

 and served throughout the Civil War. He married Hannah Huddell and had a son 

 John, who is in the insurance business and is fond of sailing, and a daughter Caro- 

 line, who married Lieutenant Raymond Naile; (3) Rebecca, married Lieutenant 

 Richard Worsam Meade (born 1837), became a vice admiral, United States navy, 

 and was the author of two books, one on "Boat Exercises" and one on "Naval 

 Construction." Among their children are: (a) Clara, married to George Breed, 

 who was a graduate of Annapolis, but who resigned from the navy to go into 

 electrical work, and has 3 sons, all of whom are naval officers; (6) Richard W., 

 who served in the Spanish- American War and in the Naval Reserve; is now presi- 

 dent of the Fifth Avenue omnibus line, New York City; (4) Mary Paulding, who 

 married Robert L. Meade, brother of Richard, and brigadier general of United 

 States marines. (Another brother, Henry Meigs Meade, is paymaster in the 

 United States navy; their father was in the navy and helped lay out San Francisco.) 

 Mary had 4 children: (a) May and (6) Henrietta are appealed to by form and 

 color and do beautiful work inlaying butterflies, etc. Neither of the sons, (c) 

 Robert, who died at 38 years, or (d) John, was interested in the navy, though 

 they sailed boats. (5) Hiram, who was not fond of the water and did not learn to 

 sail a boat; he married Virginia Mulligan and has 3 daughters and a son Hiram 3d, 

 who is fond of farming and also of the water and is a scoutmaster. (6) Emma, 

 who likes to help organize and promote undertakings for the good of the community. 



Of Hiram Paulding's sibs little is known. George was apparently a farmer, 

 and Leonard was a naval officer of merit and distinction and showed marked 

 gallantry at the capture of forts Donelson and Fisher. He was a man of charm- 

 ing character, beloved by all who knew him. His father was John Paulding 

 (1758-1818), who in 1775 was a private in a militia regiment and at the close of 

 the Revolutionary war was a major of militia. While patrolling the Hudson with 

 two others, John Paulding captured Major Andre", found the incriminating papers 

 from Benedict Arnold upon his person, refused the bribe he offered them for his 

 release, and brought him to headquarters. John Paulding was thrice captured 

 by the British. By his second wife, Esther Ward, he had Hiram and Leonard 

 Paulding, naval fighters, and 4 other sons. It is probable that the dash, fearless- 

 ness, and nomadic tendencies of Hiram Paulding came chiefly from his mother's 

 side though strengthened from the paternal side. 



FAMILY HISTORY OF HIRAM PAULDING. 



I 1 (M F), Caleb Ward (1728-1792), of Peekskill, New York. I 2 (M M ), Mary Drake 

 (1731-1801), daughter of Benjamin Drake. 



Fraternity of M: II 1, Benjamin Ward (1750-1817). II 2, Abigail Ward. II 3, Solomon 

 Fowler. II 4, John Ward (1752-1846), an officer in the Loyal American regiment who entered 

 the service of the Crown as early as 1776. During the Revolution he was frequently in battle. 

 In 1783 he settled in New Brunswick, where he became a citizen and merchant of renown. II 5, 

 Phoebe Ward. II 6, Samuel Jones. II 7, Mary Ward. II 8, James Perrott. II 9 (M), Esther 

 Ward, died 1804. II 10 (F), John Paulding (1755-1818), a major of the militia and one of the 

 capturers of Major Andre 1 . II 11 (consort's F), Jonathan Kellogg, headmaster of Erasmus 



