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Birth: 06 Apr 1756 Colchester / New London / CT Death: 22 Dec 1834 East Haddam / Middlesex / CT
Qualifying Service Description:
assistant commissary to Jonathan Trumbull in 1776
first Commissary General of the Continental Army.
Additional References:
The Society Of the Cincinnati in The State of Connecticut | Capt Epaphroditus Champion (theconnecticutsociety.org)
The Story of the Champion Family of Colchester, CT (colchesterhistory.org)
CHAMPION, Epaphroditus, (1756 - 1834)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 10, 2023
"Epaphroditus Champion (1756-1834)". The Strangest Names in American Political History. July 21, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2023
Roth, David Morris (1974). Connecticut's war Governor, Jonathan Trumbull. Pequot Press, pg 45–46. ISBN 9780871061492
"Epaphroditus Champion" - The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epaphroditus_Champion, (accessed October 10, 2023)
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Inscription reads: The Hon. EPAPHRODITUS CHAMPION | Died on the 22d day of December 1834. Aged 79 years | He was a devoted patriot of the Revolution, and for ten years was | a highly respected member of the Congress of the Us | Talents, benevolence, and integrity characterized his spotless life
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Additional Information:
Epaphriditus Champion is featured in the National Museum of the United States Army - observed May 2023.
DAR cites - THIS LINE MAY NOT BE USED FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE DAR - observed October 2023.