Democrat and Chronicle/1927/Hold 3D Annual Lattin Reunion

Hold 3D Annual Lattin Reunion

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Orleans County Assemblyman Named President at Watkins Glen.

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Watkins Glen, New York; August 30, 1927 (Special) The third national reunion of the Lattin, or Latting family, took place at Watkins Glen with an attendance of 184 members representing seven states and twenty counties of New York state. Twenty-two members registered were from other states. Various New York state counties were represented as follows: Cattaraugus, four; Cayuga, seventeen; Chautauqua, three; Chemung, twenty; Delaware, three; Dutchess, two; Erie, two Jefferson, two; Kings, four; Monroe, nine; Niagara, two; Onondaga, two; Ontario, one; Orleans, eight; Schuyler, sixty-eight; Steuben, six; Sullivan, one; Westchester, one; Wyoming, two, and Yates, three. John S. Lattin, born on September 11, 1847, at Alpine, New York, was the oldest member present, while Emalissa Larcum Andrus, of Newark, New Jersey, daughter of Fannie Lattin Lareum, who was born on November 27, 1847, was a close second. Those to come from the greatest distance were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson, of Wahoo, Nebraska, who also attended previous reunions. Mrs. Johnson was formerly Belle Lattin. The genealogist has traced all known Lattins or Lattings of America to a single common ancestor, Richard Lattin, or Latting, who came to Concord, Massachusetts, in 1638, and died at Hempstead, Long Island, in 1673. Many of the Lattins of Western New York, according to the family record, have had in a direct male line all of their ancestors live and buried in the colony or the state of New York for ten or eleven generations. The historian reported that during the past year there were twelve births; ten marriages and ten deaths recorded. Among the deaths were Rev. E. S. Way, of Mayville, on February 19th, and Charles T. Latting, of Waterloo, on May 23d, both of whom attended previous reunions. The following officers were elected: President, Frank H. Lattin, of Albion; vice-president, William S. Lattin, of Odessa; secretary, Mollie Lount Lattin, of Albion; treasurer, Erwin Lattin Tucker; of Rochester; honorary president; Judson Lattin, of Healdsburg, California. The Advisory Committee is composed of Belle Lattin Johnson, of Wahoo, Nebraska; George M. Lattin, of Huntingdon, West Virginia; Benjamin F. Latting, of Muncie, Indiana; Francis E. Lattin, of Warren, Ohio; Lorenzo D. Lattin, of Shelton, Connecticut; Genevieve H. Lattin, of Tarrytown; Gaston S. Lattin, of Brooklyn; Fred J. Latting, of Hornell; Lewis N. Lattin, of Corning; Allington W. Watkins, of Watkins; and Dr. Grove Lattin, of Poughkeepsie. A program of sports and entertainment, which included singing, readings, roll call and exhibition of ancestral relics and photographs. The 1928 reunion will take place on August 18th at Watkins Glen.