Stephen Decatur Chapter NSDAR
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STEPHEN DECATUR CHAPTER
NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Decatur, Macon County, IL
This page updated May 17, 2017
CHARTER MEMBERS
Myra Belle Ewing (Miss) Organizing Regent
Effie Jack Kennedy (Mrs. John W.)
Charlotte Gillett Barnes (Mrs. Wm.)
Polly B. Vail (Mrs. D.O. Miltman)
Clara King Montgomery (Mrs. R.R.)
Maryette Packard King (Mrs. Joseph)
Maybelle Durfee (Mrs. H. Powers)
Ada Powers Bartholomew (Mrs. E.D.)
Emma Powers Warren (Mrs. John K.)
Sarah Powers Durfee(Mrs. Geo. S.)
Ghiselle M. Durfee (Miss)
Jennie E. Durfee (Miss)
Anna Jack Roberts (Mrs. T.T.)
Emada Durfee Griswold (Mrs. L.L.)
Mary Hitchcock Hatch (Mrs. V.G.)
On February 4, 1896, in Decatur, Illinois, 15 women met to organize a local chapter of the
DAR. This chapter was named Decatur Chapter. Several years later "Stephen" was
added after the gallant naval hero, Commodore Stephen Decatur who fought in the War
of 1812.
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