History of the Tent
Like many
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
(DUVCW) members, the chartering president of the
Clara Barton Detached Tent #3 in Texas, Marguerite
"Mickey" (Durrett) Daniel, was a member of
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) before
she ever heard of the DUVCW. In the spring of 1990
she attended the DAR State conference in Texas and
fellow DAR member Dorothy Bruce introduced her to
DUVCW. Dorothy contacted the president of the
DUVCW's Latha Jane Boyd Detached Tent #1 in
Arlington, Texas, who at that time was Mildred
Harrison, and advised her that Mickey was
interested in learning about DUVCW.
When Mickey
Daniel made the decision to be involved with the
DUVCW, she had just celebrated her 80th birthday.
As time progressed, Mickey and Mildred
corresponded and the slow process of organizing
the Clara Barton Tent #3 began. Mickey contacted
friends of hers in Kerrville and San Antonio,
Texas.
Meetings were
held at Mickey's home to organize the new tent. A
name had to be picked and the organizing members
decided that Tent #3 in Texas would honor Clara
Barton. Not only was she the founder of the Red
Cross, but she was also known for her work at
Andersonville Prison during the Civil War.
In 1999 a letter was sent to Ruth Funck, National
President of DUVCW to advise her that fourteen
prospective members and one member at large were
ready to form Tent #3 in Texas.
On April 29,
2000, three months after Mickey's 91st birthday,
twenty members signed the Charter of the Clara
Barton Detached Tent #3, in Kerrville, Texas. It
had taken ten years since Mickey discovered the
DUVCW, but Central Texas finally had a Tent.
Roena Bayes,
then National President of the DUVCW, who was
assisted by Ruth Funck, Past National President of
the DUVCW conducted the chartering ceremony held
at the Inn of the Hills in Kerrville, Texas.
Congratulations were received from the Major James
Kerr Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, Joshua D. Brown, Daughters of the
Republic of Texas, Captain Charles Schreiner
Chapter #2462, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, Michael Upchurch Chapter, Colonial
Dames XVII Century, and the National Society of
the Sons of the Union Veterans
Mickey Daniel
never finished her term as President of the newly
Chartered Clara Barton Tent, because on December
23, 2000 she died in Concord, California at the
home of her niece, just one month short of her
92nd birthday.

This photo is courtesy
Charter Member Kathy Teele and Ruth Funck, PNP of
the DUVCW
The newly
Chartered Clara Barton Tent #3 members with the
DUVCW National President Roena Bayes and Ruth
Funck, DUVCW Past National President on April 29,
2000-[1st row seated from L to R: Elizabeth
Butler, Barbara Harrell, DUVCW National President
Roena Bayes, (now Past National President);
Marguerite (Mickey) Daniel, Chartering President
of the Clara Barton Tent; Ruth Funck, DUVCW Past
National President, Ruth Wikle, and Kathy Teele;
Back row standing from L to R: Katherine (Kay)
Prosk, Janet Kres, Phyllis Baumgartner, Tamara
Pitts, Rosemary Sanders, Ina Morris, Netti
Williams, Peggy Grosser, Floy Kroeplin, and Laura
Tucker.
[Ruth Funck,
PNP of the DUVCW, submitted a copy of the photo
above to the General Orders (GO) of the DUVCW,
that appeared in the October, 2000 issue, p. 17. A
copy of this GO was found in the Clara Barton Tent
Scrapbook. Peggy Munson, then President of the
Clara Barton Tent, contacted Ruth Funck, PNP for a
copy of the photo, as well as permission to use it
on our website.]

Photo was taken by Peggy
Munson, of the Clara Barton Detached Tent #3.
The Charter of the
Clara Barton Detached Tent #3, Kerrville, Texas
The members of the Clara
Barton Tent #3 recruit their members from central
Texas which encompasses Austin, San Antonio, and
the "Hill Country", which includes those three
counties, [Kerr, Kendall, and Gillespie], that did
not want to join the confederate states. Even
though Texas was a confederate state, the roots of
the Clara Barton Tent #3 come from the area of the
three counties that were Loyal to the Union.
Happy 10th Anniversary
to the Members of Clara Barton
The Clara Barton Tent #3
celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a special
program, portrait sitting, luncheon and
anniversary cake on Friday, April 9, 2010 at the
Ye Kendall Inn in Boerne. Thirteen Sisters of the
Tent were in attendance including three Charter
Members, the current Tent President and two Past
Tent Presidents
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Photos are courtesy of
Peggy and Gene Munson
Going from
left to right the 1st photo shows Charter members
[L to R] Nettie Williams, Rosemary Sanders, and
Patricia McConnell, Treasurer; with the 10th
Anniversary cake
The 2nd photo
shows [L to R} Rita McSorley, then Tent President;
Peggy Munson, Tent President from 2007-2009; and
Zipra Morgan, Tent President from 2005-2007
The group
photo on Front row L to R: Rita McSorley; Carolyn
Lee, Chaplain; Elizabeth Jordan, member; Susan
Smith, JrVP/Tent Council; and Peggy Munson,
PTP/Tent Council Chairman; and Back row L to R:
Patricia McConnell; Ruth Ann Edney, SrVP; Susan
D'Ambrosio, Patriotic Instructor; Kate
Skinner-Klee, member; Rosemary Sanders; Cathy
Claire; Zirpa Morgan, PTP/Tent Council; and Nettie
Williams