chiefs of the aboriginal nations, in solemn train attended; while the mournful dirge was rendered doubly mournful mid the gloomy nodding grove. On that day even nature seemed to mourn. O Varnum ! Varnum! thy name shall not be forgotten, while gratitude and generosity continue to be the characteristics of those inhabiting the country, once thy care. Thy fair fame is deeply rooted in our fostering memories ... Family General Varnum was the son of Samuel Varnum (1715–1797) and his second wife Hannah Mitchell. He had three brothers and two sisters of which only two brothers, Joseph Bradley Varnum (1751–1821) and Samuel Varnum (1762–1822), lived to maturity. Joseph Bradley Varnum served as a United States Representative from Massachusetts from 1795 to 1811 and then as a United States Senator from 1811 to 1817. Legacy General Varnum's home, the Gen. James Mitchell Varnum House in East Greenwich, Rhode Island is a historic house museum today. Varnum's brother was Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Joseph Bradley Varnum. The Varnum Continentals, an historic military command in East Greenwich, were founded in 1907 and are named after General Varnum. Dates of rank Captain, Kentish Guards, Rhode Island Militia – November 1774 Colonel, Varnum's Regiment, Army of Observation – May 3, 1775 Colonel, Varnum's Regiment, Continental Army – July 3, 1775 Colonel, 9th Continental Regiment – January 1, 1776 Brigadier General, Rhode Island Militia – December 12, 1776 Brigadier General, Continental Army – February 27, 1777 Resigned from Continental Army – March 5, 1779 Major General, Rhode Island Militia – May 10, 1779, to May 7, 1788 See also 1st Rhode Island Regiment 9th Continental Regiment References Bibliography Conley, P. T.: Rhode Island's Founders: From Settlement to Statehood, The History Press, Charleston, South Carolina (2010). Dodge, A. R.: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005, Sixteenth Edition, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. (2005). Heitman, Francis B.: Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, Rare Book Shop Publishing Co., Washington, D.C. (1914). Hildreth, S. P.: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of the Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio, H. W. Derby and Co., Cincinnati, Ohio (1852). Hildreth, S. P.: Pioneer History: Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio Valley, and the Early Settlement of the Northwest Territory, H. W. Derby and Co., Cincinnati, Ohio (1848). Leiter, M. T.: Biographical Sketches of the Generals of the Continental