Honorary and Past State Regents
Biographies of 51 Remarkable Women
Trish Jackson (2019-2022) Trish Jackson was born in New York City and grew up in Williamsburg, Virginia. Growing up in historic Virginia is where she first discovered her love and appreciation for American History. She graduated from Colgate University in 1989 with a double major in Political Science and International Relations. Trish currently works as a strategic campaign analyst compiling email and direct mail campaigns in the financial services industry.
Trish has enjoyed almost two decades of DAR involvement at the chapter, state, and national levels. As the chapter regent of the Molly Stark Chapter, she was instrumental in marking four Real Daughter's graves in Manchester, Chester and Dalton, New Hampshire. During her regency, and most recently as house chairman, historic preservation efforts on the chapter's property, the boyhood home of General John Stark, she oversaw significant upgrades and renovations with precise detail to ensure historical integrity. In her final year as regent she spear-headed a city-wide American Flag effort where the chapter donated new Flags of the United States of America to every elementary, middle, and high school throughout the city of Manchester, including providing a Braille flag for the visually impaired to the McGreal Sight Center located in Concord, New Hampshire.
Trish is also a member of the National 250th Membership Task Force. Trish is an adept membership application specialist who has 108 member for member credits and has helped many others start their journey into DAR. She recently completed the New Member and New Horizon member training programs during the Dillon administration. In 2015 she was an Outstanding DAR Service for Veterans award recipient and the chapter point person for the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Vietnam War.
She is married to Hans Jackson, Honorary Senior National President of the N.S.C.A.R and the mother of Erin and Connor Jackson, Past National Presidents of the National Society Children of the American Revolution.
Wendy Stanley Jones (2016-2019) has been an NSDAR member for more than thirty years. She is a fourth generation member, with her daughter following as the fifth generation. She has held many positions at the chapter and state level prior to becoming state regent.
Prior to becoming active in DAR, Mrs. Jones was the third elected female Selectman in her town in 350 years; more importantly, she helped the fourth female become elected. She is co-founder of a statewide women's education and leadership program that was herald as the "best thing that happened in New Hampshire under her chairmanship."
Mrs. Jones is a nurse and is now currently working on her MBA. She was selected for Who's Who in Nursing in 2010. She is active on the local and federal level with the American Nursing Association's board of trustees. She is excited to travel around the country teaching nursing graduates how to pass their NCLEX (nursing boards).
When home with her husband, Turner, they enjoy outdoor sports, building their businesses together, and spending time with children and grandchildren. They are active in several non-profit organizations, their church, and working with families in transition.
Prior to becoming active in DAR, Mrs. Jones was the third elected female Selectman in her town in 350 years; more importantly, she helped the fourth female become elected. She is co-founder of a statewide women's education and leadership program that was herald as the "best thing that happened in New Hampshire under her chairmanship."
Mrs. Jones is a nurse and is now currently working on her MBA. She was selected for Who's Who in Nursing in 2010. She is active on the local and federal level with the American Nursing Association's board of trustees. She is excited to travel around the country teaching nursing graduates how to pass their NCLEX (nursing boards).
When home with her husband, Turner, they enjoy outdoor sports, building their businesses together, and spending time with children and grandchildren. They are active in several non-profit organizations, their church, and working with families in transition.
Phyllis M Gagnon (2013 - 2016) joined the DAR in 1997. Mrs. Gagnon is invested in helping fulfill the DAR mission of Historic Preservation, Education, and Patriotism. To that end she has served in various capacities at chapter, state and national levels.
A member of Molly Stark Chapter, she has held the offices of Regent, Vice Regent, Recording Secretary, Treasurer and Director and has chaired several committees including American History and DAR Museum.
At the state level she has served as Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary and Vice Regent. State Committee Chairmanships have included Public Relations and Media, Americanism, DAR Good Citizens, Credentials, Bylaws, DAR Magazine Co-chair, and Newsletter Editor. She currently chairs the NH Children's Attic Commission. She is a member of the NH State Officers Club, having served as club Secretary and Chaplain. She is member and past Chaplain of the Chapter Regents Club, and is a member of the Cameo Club.
At the National level she served twice as Vice Chair - Public Relations and Media Committee, Northeast Division; Vice Chair - Tiers, Continental Congress, and was a member of the House, Tellers and the Registrations Committees. She is a Correspondent Docent in Training and a member of several clubs including the Heritage Club, National Vice Chairman's Club, and the National Officers Club. She is Chaplain of the State Regent's Club and serves as the group's Bylaws Committee Chair.
A native of the Granite State, New Hampshire's State Regent has been a Manchester resident most of her life. She is a published freelance writer and editor, and is retired from Verizon Communications. Mrs. Gagnon is a member of Manchester Christian Church, where she facilitates a weekly women's Bible study. She is married to Roland and the couple has five married sons and thirteen grandchildren. Phyllis is an associate member of the Estero Island Chapter, Fort Myers, Florida.
A member of Molly Stark Chapter, she has held the offices of Regent, Vice Regent, Recording Secretary, Treasurer and Director and has chaired several committees including American History and DAR Museum.
At the state level she has served as Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary and Vice Regent. State Committee Chairmanships have included Public Relations and Media, Americanism, DAR Good Citizens, Credentials, Bylaws, DAR Magazine Co-chair, and Newsletter Editor. She currently chairs the NH Children's Attic Commission. She is a member of the NH State Officers Club, having served as club Secretary and Chaplain. She is member and past Chaplain of the Chapter Regents Club, and is a member of the Cameo Club.
At the National level she served twice as Vice Chair - Public Relations and Media Committee, Northeast Division; Vice Chair - Tiers, Continental Congress, and was a member of the House, Tellers and the Registrations Committees. She is a Correspondent Docent in Training and a member of several clubs including the Heritage Club, National Vice Chairman's Club, and the National Officers Club. She is Chaplain of the State Regent's Club and serves as the group's Bylaws Committee Chair.
A native of the Granite State, New Hampshire's State Regent has been a Manchester resident most of her life. She is a published freelance writer and editor, and is retired from Verizon Communications. Mrs. Gagnon is a member of Manchester Christian Church, where she facilitates a weekly women's Bible study. She is married to Roland and the couple has five married sons and thirteen grandchildren. Phyllis is an associate member of the Estero Island Chapter, Fort Myers, Florida.
Laura McCrillis Kessler (2010 - 2013) was born on October 26 to John Cooper and Katharine Cooper Wood McCrillis. She is a native of Newport, New Hampshire. She is married to Jeffrey Franklyn Kessler and they have two children. Mrs. Kessler is a graduate of The Stony Brook School, New York. She earned her B.F.A. from Ithaca College in New York and an M.Ed. from Notre Dame College in Manchester. She has been a middle school social studies and language arts teacher since 1990. She is the 2013 winner of the National Council for Geographic Education Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award. She is a teacher consultant for the New Hampshire Geographic Alliance and the National Geographic Society. Mrs. Kessler is the coordinator for the New Hampshire Geographic Bee and New Hampshire Mock Election, and was an executive board member for the New Hampshire Council for the Social Studies. She was selected as the New Hampshire Social Studies Teacher of the Year in 2001.
Admitted in 1988 to the Bill of Rights Chapter, Woodbridge, Virginia, Mrs. Kessler transferred to the Reprisal Chapter in 1989. She has served as chapter regent, vice regent, chaplain, and historian. Mrs. Kessler also served as chairman of the Children of the American Revolution and Junior Membership Committees. She is a chapter director and member of The Little Red School House Committee. While serving as chapter regent, Mrs. Kessler was selected as the New Hampshire Outstanding Junior.
Her NHSODAR state service includes honorary state regent, state regent, state vice regent, state chaplain; state chairman of Children of the American Revolution, DAR Schools, DAR Museum, Flag of the USA, Junior Membership, New Hampshire's National Junior Doll, Page and By-laws Committees. She served as a member of the New Hampshire Children's Attic Commission, NSDAR Speaker's Staff, State Finance and New Hampshire State History Committees; and served as personal page to State Regents Dalton and Jollimore.
Mrs. Kessler's state regent's project, Real Daughters Remembered, located and marked the graves of New Hampshire's twenty-eight Real Daughters.
Mrs. Kessler's National service includes national chairman of American History, DAR Good Citizens and Americanism Committees. She has served on the Congressional Committees for the President General's Reception Room, Platform Committee, and page. Mrs. Kessler served as national vice chairman northeast division for the Membership Committee. She is a member of the National Vice Chairmen's Association and has served as president, first vice president, second vice president. In 1996, she was the Northeast Division Outstanding Junior. Mrs. Kessler is a DAR Chorus member and a volunteer genealogist. She served as NH State campaign manager for the Wagoner Associates, Calvin Associates and Wright Associates, and is the narrator for the "The DAR Library" video, NSDAR.
Her patriot ancestors are Private David Bryant of Essex, New Jersey; and John McCrillis of Nottingham, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test, moderator and selectman for the town of Nottingham.
Admitted in 1988 to the Bill of Rights Chapter, Woodbridge, Virginia, Mrs. Kessler transferred to the Reprisal Chapter in 1989. She has served as chapter regent, vice regent, chaplain, and historian. Mrs. Kessler also served as chairman of the Children of the American Revolution and Junior Membership Committees. She is a chapter director and member of The Little Red School House Committee. While serving as chapter regent, Mrs. Kessler was selected as the New Hampshire Outstanding Junior.
Her NHSODAR state service includes honorary state regent, state regent, state vice regent, state chaplain; state chairman of Children of the American Revolution, DAR Schools, DAR Museum, Flag of the USA, Junior Membership, New Hampshire's National Junior Doll, Page and By-laws Committees. She served as a member of the New Hampshire Children's Attic Commission, NSDAR Speaker's Staff, State Finance and New Hampshire State History Committees; and served as personal page to State Regents Dalton and Jollimore.
Mrs. Kessler's state regent's project, Real Daughters Remembered, located and marked the graves of New Hampshire's twenty-eight Real Daughters.
Mrs. Kessler's National service includes national chairman of American History, DAR Good Citizens and Americanism Committees. She has served on the Congressional Committees for the President General's Reception Room, Platform Committee, and page. Mrs. Kessler served as national vice chairman northeast division for the Membership Committee. She is a member of the National Vice Chairmen's Association and has served as president, first vice president, second vice president. In 1996, she was the Northeast Division Outstanding Junior. Mrs. Kessler is a DAR Chorus member and a volunteer genealogist. She served as NH State campaign manager for the Wagoner Associates, Calvin Associates and Wright Associates, and is the narrator for the "The DAR Library" video, NSDAR.
Her patriot ancestors are Private David Bryant of Essex, New Jersey; and John McCrillis of Nottingham, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test, moderator and selectman for the town of Nottingham.
Mrs. Flather's regency oversaw the financing of the corner cupboard and pine paneling in the New Hampshire Children's Attic, published the NHSODAR state history, and donated funds to Constitution Hall. Her favorite memory of her regency was nominating her beloved friend, Mrs. Carroll, for the office of Vice President General. Mrs. Flather resigned before her term ended due to a serious illness.
Mrs. Flather died on January 6, 1967, in Brattleboro, Vermont, at the age of 90. She is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashua, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestor was a minuteman in the Lexington Alarm, Oliver Barrett of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Barrett died in battle on October 7, 1777, in the second battle of Stillwater in New York.
Mrs. Flather died on January 6, 1967, in Brattleboro, Vermont, at the age of 90. She is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashua, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestor was a minuteman in the Lexington Alarm, Oliver Barrett of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Barrett died in battle on October 7, 1777, in the second battle of Stillwater in New York.
Sarah Potts Voll (2007 - 2010) was born on November 13, 1942, in Wilmington, Delaware, to Robert Curtis and Dorothy Ruth Counahan Potts. She attended public schools in Maryland and Ohio, and graduated cum laude from Goucher College with a B.A. Mrs. Voll earned an M.A. from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of New Hampshire.
Mrs. Voll's professional career includes independent consultant in Egypt; District 1 director for the 1980 United States Census; assistant budget director to Governor Gallen; economist, chief economist, and executive director for the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission; and senior consultant and vice president, National Economic Research Associates. She served as a representative in the New Hampshire State Legislature, and was both member and chairman of the Durham Town Council. Mrs. Voll is the recipient of the Governor's Commendation for Dedicated Service to the State of New Hampshire.
Mrs. Voll's state regent project, A Proud Tradition, honored New Hampshire Patriots with a collection of stories about selected chapter Patriots and their families. This booklet was shared with soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, who could then add their own stories on pages provided at the back of the book.
Her DAR service includes New Hampshire honorary state regent, state regent, state vice regent, chaplain, corresponding secretary and treasurer. She served as regent of the Else Cilley Chapter and held state chairmanships of the Attic Commission, Junior Membership, Children of the American Revolution, DAR Museum and Bylaws Committees. Mrs. Voll was national chairman of the Finance Committee and a member of the Investment Committee. Mrs. Voll was NSDAR Treasurer General from 2010-2013.
Her patriot ancestors are Private Jonathan Potts of Pennsylvania; Lieutenant Abraham Hargis of the Philadelphia Militia; John Wright of Dublin, Pennsylvania, who paid supply tax in 1779 and 1780; William Powders of Delaware who provided services and caring for wounded soldiers; and Mary Powders Ewing of Delaware who was paid for nursing services.
Mrs. Voll's professional career includes independent consultant in Egypt; District 1 director for the 1980 United States Census; assistant budget director to Governor Gallen; economist, chief economist, and executive director for the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission; and senior consultant and vice president, National Economic Research Associates. She served as a representative in the New Hampshire State Legislature, and was both member and chairman of the Durham Town Council. Mrs. Voll is the recipient of the Governor's Commendation for Dedicated Service to the State of New Hampshire.
Mrs. Voll's state regent project, A Proud Tradition, honored New Hampshire Patriots with a collection of stories about selected chapter Patriots and their families. This booklet was shared with soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, who could then add their own stories on pages provided at the back of the book.
Her DAR service includes New Hampshire honorary state regent, state regent, state vice regent, chaplain, corresponding secretary and treasurer. She served as regent of the Else Cilley Chapter and held state chairmanships of the Attic Commission, Junior Membership, Children of the American Revolution, DAR Museum and Bylaws Committees. Mrs. Voll was national chairman of the Finance Committee and a member of the Investment Committee. Mrs. Voll was NSDAR Treasurer General from 2010-2013.
Her patriot ancestors are Private Jonathan Potts of Pennsylvania; Lieutenant Abraham Hargis of the Philadelphia Militia; John Wright of Dublin, Pennsylvania, who paid supply tax in 1779 and 1780; William Powders of Delaware who provided services and caring for wounded soldiers; and Mary Powders Ewing of Delaware who was paid for nursing services.
Elaine S. C. Bean (2004 - 2007) is the daughter of Francis John and Mary Louise Sears Coughlin. She was born and raised in Manchester-by-the-sea, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Nasson College and served as president of the Nasson College Alumni Association for over nine years. She attended Southern Connecticut State University School of Library Science, received her certification in Paralegal Studies and her MBA from Rivier College, Nashua, and works as Rivier's technical services librarian.
Mrs. Bean has served the state organization as state treasurer, state vice regent, and regent. She was chairman of many state committees and an officer of the State Officers Club and Chapter Regents Club. She was elected honorary state regent in 2007. Mrs. Bean is a member of the Molly Stark Chapter.
Mrs. Bean's state regent's project focused on the New Hampshire Children's Attic in the DAR Museum in Washington, D.C., with the restoration of the fire screen and the mantel painting, as well as installation of new lighting.
Her National DAR service includes northeast division vice chairman of Junior Membership, JAC, and DAR Scholarship Committees. She served the Children of the American Revolution as senior vice president and senior chaplain, and served five terms as senior society president for the Franklin Pierce Society, and two terms as senior state chaplain.
Mrs. Bean has served the state organization as state treasurer, state vice regent, and regent. She was chairman of many state committees and an officer of the State Officers Club and Chapter Regents Club. She was elected honorary state regent in 2007. Mrs. Bean is a member of the Molly Stark Chapter.
Mrs. Bean's state regent's project focused on the New Hampshire Children's Attic in the DAR Museum in Washington, D.C., with the restoration of the fire screen and the mantel painting, as well as installation of new lighting.
Her National DAR service includes northeast division vice chairman of Junior Membership, JAC, and DAR Scholarship Committees. She served the Children of the American Revolution as senior vice president and senior chaplain, and served five terms as senior society president for the Franklin Pierce Society, and two terms as senior state chaplain.
Maryann Harris Wentworth (2001 - 2004) was born in Kisco, New York, on May 2, 1927, to Philip Gilmore and Mary Motley Williams Harris. She married Clayton B. Wentworth and the couple had four children, Suzanne, Robert, Jayne, and Clayton, Jr. Mrs. Wentworth was admitted to the DAR on October 16, 1957, as a member of the Margery Sullivan Chapter.
Mrs. Wentworth was a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and held many high-level positions at different companies during her life.
Her state service includes honorary state regent and state regent. She served as chairman of the Program and Seimes Technology Center Committees. Mrs. Wentworth was a member of the DAR Speakers Staff and was national vice chairman for DAR Scholarship, including the Enid Hall Griswold Memorial Scholarship. She served as regent of the Margery Sullivan Chapter and was voted honorary chapter regent.
Mrs. Wentworth's state regent's project was the writing of Living in the Lap of History, a checklist of historical sites in New Hampshire.
Mrs. Wentworth is the past president of the Wentworth Douglas Hospital Auxiliary, and is a member of the Board of the Wentworth Douglas Hospital and Health Foundation. She was a member of the WDH 1906 Heritage Society.
Mrs. Wentworth died on May 10, 2014, in Dover, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestor was Ireland-born Staff Officer Lancelot Johnston of North Carolina, who served as a surgeon in the 9th Regiment.
Mrs. Wentworth was a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and held many high-level positions at different companies during her life.
Her state service includes honorary state regent and state regent. She served as chairman of the Program and Seimes Technology Center Committees. Mrs. Wentworth was a member of the DAR Speakers Staff and was national vice chairman for DAR Scholarship, including the Enid Hall Griswold Memorial Scholarship. She served as regent of the Margery Sullivan Chapter and was voted honorary chapter regent.
Mrs. Wentworth's state regent's project was the writing of Living in the Lap of History, a checklist of historical sites in New Hampshire.
Mrs. Wentworth is the past president of the Wentworth Douglas Hospital Auxiliary, and is a member of the Board of the Wentworth Douglas Hospital and Health Foundation. She was a member of the WDH 1906 Heritage Society.
Mrs. Wentworth died on May 10, 2014, in Dover, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestor was Ireland-born Staff Officer Lancelot Johnston of North Carolina, who served as a surgeon in the 9th Regiment.
Martha Ann Howard Jollimore (1998 - 2001) was born on April 15, 1932, in Germantown, Pennsylvania, to James and Mary Martha Lindo Howard. She graduated from Red Bank High School in New Jersey, in 1949. She met Kenneth Jollimore while performing in the Framingham Young Women's Club Follies, and married him on January 9, 1960, in Framingham, Massachusetts. She had three children and ten grandchildren.
Mrs. Jollimore began a career as a legal secretary and throughout the years worked in the real estate field attaining her broker's license in New Hampshire. She was the proprietor of N.H. Title Abstract Company before accepting a position at Hunter and Garner in 1980 where she worked as a paralegal until her retirement. She was a justice of the peace and performed marriage ceremonies for some friends and family.
Mrs. Jollimore was admitted to the DAR on April 15, 1978 at the encouragement of her aunt. She was a member of the Mary Butler Chapter. One of her granddaughters is a Daughter and served as a page at Continental Congress, holding the flag for her grandmother while she gave her state regent report. Mrs. Jollimore served as the parliamentarian for NHSODAR for many years, in addition to being state regent.
Mrs. Jollimore's state regent's project was to restore the Gate House at Fort Constitution. In addition, NH Daughters concentrated on scholarships, donations to the DAR Schools, and the purchase of toys for the New Hampshire Children's Attic.
Throughout her life, Mrs. Jollimore was active in public service and community-oriented organizations. She served on the New Hampshire State Board of Education and always took an active role in her children's education. She also served as the president of the Meredith Historical Society. Anne was a member of the Planning Board in the town of Meredith and served the town at most elections as an electoral judge and in other capacities. One would often find Anne at the POW/MIA Memorial at the Hesky Park Dock flag vigils.
Mrs. Jollimore died on September 21, 2009, in Harwood, Maryland, at the age of 77. She is buried in the Meredith Village Cemetery in Meredith, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestor was Samuel McElroy of Goochland County, Virginia, who furnished supplies to the Continental Army.
Mrs. Jollimore began a career as a legal secretary and throughout the years worked in the real estate field attaining her broker's license in New Hampshire. She was the proprietor of N.H. Title Abstract Company before accepting a position at Hunter and Garner in 1980 where she worked as a paralegal until her retirement. She was a justice of the peace and performed marriage ceremonies for some friends and family.
Mrs. Jollimore was admitted to the DAR on April 15, 1978 at the encouragement of her aunt. She was a member of the Mary Butler Chapter. One of her granddaughters is a Daughter and served as a page at Continental Congress, holding the flag for her grandmother while she gave her state regent report. Mrs. Jollimore served as the parliamentarian for NHSODAR for many years, in addition to being state regent.
Mrs. Jollimore's state regent's project was to restore the Gate House at Fort Constitution. In addition, NH Daughters concentrated on scholarships, donations to the DAR Schools, and the purchase of toys for the New Hampshire Children's Attic.
Throughout her life, Mrs. Jollimore was active in public service and community-oriented organizations. She served on the New Hampshire State Board of Education and always took an active role in her children's education. She also served as the president of the Meredith Historical Society. Anne was a member of the Planning Board in the town of Meredith and served the town at most elections as an electoral judge and in other capacities. One would often find Anne at the POW/MIA Memorial at the Hesky Park Dock flag vigils.
Mrs. Jollimore died on September 21, 2009, in Harwood, Maryland, at the age of 77. She is buried in the Meredith Village Cemetery in Meredith, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestor was Samuel McElroy of Goochland County, Virginia, who furnished supplies to the Continental Army.
Bea Worden Dalton (1995 - 1998) was born on February 18, 1951, to Homer C. and Grace A. Halle Worden. She attended public schools in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Mrs. Dalton earned her B.S. in Business Education from Southern New Hampshire University. Professionally she worked as a bank auditor, and received professional designations as Certified Bank Auditor and Certified Information Systems Auditor.
In 1984, she married Michael Dalton and moved to Exeter, New Hampshire. She has three step children and one step granddaughter. Following her mother's example as a community volunteer, Mrs. Dalton taught finance courses for the banking industry and adult education programs. SNHU elected her Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and presented her with the Alumni Hall of Fame Award in 2000. She served as president, vice president, and treasurer of the Board of Governors of the American Independence Museum in Exeter, and was a member of the Department of Defense, New Hampshire Committee of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. Mrs. Dalton served nine years as corporator of the Hillside School in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and was elected an honorary trustee. She is a member of other lineage societies, and of the Hinsdale and Exeter Historical Societies. She holds a private pilot license, enjoys ocean boating, photography, and visiting the Hawaiian Islands.
Mrs. Dalton was admitted to the DAR on June 7, 1985, as a Junior Member in the Exeter Chapter. She served as regent, vice regent, treasurer and historian of the Exeter Chapter. Her state level service includes honorary state regent, state regent, state vice regent (presided as state regent in 1994 and 1995); state chairman of the Public Relations, Flag of the United States of America, DAR Magazine, Finance, and NH Children's Attic Committees; member of the DAR Museum and Correspondent Docents and Speaker Staff committees; president of the State Officers Club; treasurer of Chapter Regents Club; and served as a page for many years.
Mrs. Dalton's state regent's project included the purchase of 483 reels of microfilm for the Seimes Microfilm Center at NSDAR for New Hampshire vital records.
Her National DAR service includes NSDAR Treasurer General (2004-2007); national chairman of Auditing and Bylaws Committees; member of NSDAR Investment, Long Range Planning, and Finance Committees; treasurer of the National Chairmen's Association and the National Officers Club; auditor of the National Officers Club; and president of the State Vice Regents Club.
Her patriot ancestors were Private Ezra Warren from Plainfield, Connecticut; and Corporal Jabez Franklin of Guilford, Vermont.
In 1984, she married Michael Dalton and moved to Exeter, New Hampshire. She has three step children and one step granddaughter. Following her mother's example as a community volunteer, Mrs. Dalton taught finance courses for the banking industry and adult education programs. SNHU elected her Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and presented her with the Alumni Hall of Fame Award in 2000. She served as president, vice president, and treasurer of the Board of Governors of the American Independence Museum in Exeter, and was a member of the Department of Defense, New Hampshire Committee of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. Mrs. Dalton served nine years as corporator of the Hillside School in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and was elected an honorary trustee. She is a member of other lineage societies, and of the Hinsdale and Exeter Historical Societies. She holds a private pilot license, enjoys ocean boating, photography, and visiting the Hawaiian Islands.
Mrs. Dalton was admitted to the DAR on June 7, 1985, as a Junior Member in the Exeter Chapter. She served as regent, vice regent, treasurer and historian of the Exeter Chapter. Her state level service includes honorary state regent, state regent, state vice regent (presided as state regent in 1994 and 1995); state chairman of the Public Relations, Flag of the United States of America, DAR Magazine, Finance, and NH Children's Attic Committees; member of the DAR Museum and Correspondent Docents and Speaker Staff committees; president of the State Officers Club; treasurer of Chapter Regents Club; and served as a page for many years.
Mrs. Dalton's state regent's project included the purchase of 483 reels of microfilm for the Seimes Microfilm Center at NSDAR for New Hampshire vital records.
Her National DAR service includes NSDAR Treasurer General (2004-2007); national chairman of Auditing and Bylaws Committees; member of NSDAR Investment, Long Range Planning, and Finance Committees; treasurer of the National Chairmen's Association and the National Officers Club; auditor of the National Officers Club; and president of the State Vice Regents Club.
Her patriot ancestors were Private Ezra Warren from Plainfield, Connecticut; and Corporal Jabez Franklin of Guilford, Vermont.
Julia Chaffee Case (1992 - 1995) was born April 4, 1912, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Charles Pitman and Sarah Goodwin Eno Case. She attended Simsbury High School in Connecticut. Ms. Case earned a B.S. from Lasalle Junior College in 1932, and an M.A. from New York University. She worked as a physical education teacher at Simsbury, Greenwich, and Manchester High Schools, and served as the department head of the physical education department at Manchester High School in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Ms. Case was a past member of the Connecticut Physical Education and Health Association, member of the National Educators Association, Delta Kappa Gamma, and president of the Nottingham Historical Society in New Hampshire. She was a member of the Nottingham Congregational Church.
Mrs. Case's state regent's project was the Hillside School. New Hampshire Daughters raised more than $4,000 to be donated to the school.
Ms. Case's NHSODAR service includes historian of the Else Cilley Chapter, which she joined in 1975. She was chairman of the National Defense and School House Committees. She was honorary state regent, state regent, state vice regent, and state historian.
Ms. Case died in Nottingham, New Hampshire, on August 10, 1995, at the age of 83. She is buried in the Simsbury Cemetery in Simsbury, Connecticut.
Her patriot ancestor was Colonel Noah Phelps of Simsbury, Connecticut; soldier, Justice of the Peace, Judge of Probate, and Representative to the General Assembly.
Ms. Case was a past member of the Connecticut Physical Education and Health Association, member of the National Educators Association, Delta Kappa Gamma, and president of the Nottingham Historical Society in New Hampshire. She was a member of the Nottingham Congregational Church.
Mrs. Case's state regent's project was the Hillside School. New Hampshire Daughters raised more than $4,000 to be donated to the school.
Ms. Case's NHSODAR service includes historian of the Else Cilley Chapter, which she joined in 1975. She was chairman of the National Defense and School House Committees. She was honorary state regent, state regent, state vice regent, and state historian.
Ms. Case died in Nottingham, New Hampshire, on August 10, 1995, at the age of 83. She is buried in the Simsbury Cemetery in Simsbury, Connecticut.
Her patriot ancestor was Colonel Noah Phelps of Simsbury, Connecticut; soldier, Justice of the Peace, Judge of Probate, and Representative to the General Assembly.
Lois Gertrude Turner Baum (1989 - 1992) was born on September 22, 1915, in Broadview, Montana, to Leonard Smith and Rachel Mugrage Turner. She was educated in public schools in Montana, Idaho, and Wisconsin. She earned a B.Ed. from Milwaukee State Teacher's College, and taught primary grades in Wisconsin. In 1939, she married Colonel John William Baum and the couple had two children. She spent thirty years as an Army wife.
Mrs. Baum served as regent of the Mercy Hathaway White Chapter. In the state organization, she was state vice regent and state regent. Mrs. Baum was the state chairman of the DAR Good Citizens and DAR Scholarship Committees, and served as Chairman of the New Hampshire Attic Commission.
During her regency, she, along with seventy-five New Hampshire Daughters, attended the rededication of the New Hampshire Memorial Plaque in the Cloisters of the Colonies at Valley Forge. This plaque, a replica of the original, was paid for by fundraising by the New Hampshire Daughters for a cost of $2,700. She created the first NHSODAR Newsletter and organized the Chapter Regents Club. She also replaced the New Hampshire flag in Continental Hall.
Mrs. Baum served as a Gray Lady, Red Cross volunteer, and Scout leader. She would later attend Catholic University and the University of San Francisco where she took Library Science courses. She was employed as a school and military librarian until she moved to New Hampshire following Colonel Baum's retirement.
Mrs. Baum died on August 5, 2010, in Fenton, Michigan, at the age of 94. She is buried in Arlington National Cemetery alongside her husband, Colonel John Baum, who served in the US Army in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. After her death, the Mercy Hathaway White Chapter established a scholarship in her name.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Shion Turner of Easton, Massachusetts.
Mrs. Baum served as regent of the Mercy Hathaway White Chapter. In the state organization, she was state vice regent and state regent. Mrs. Baum was the state chairman of the DAR Good Citizens and DAR Scholarship Committees, and served as Chairman of the New Hampshire Attic Commission.
During her regency, she, along with seventy-five New Hampshire Daughters, attended the rededication of the New Hampshire Memorial Plaque in the Cloisters of the Colonies at Valley Forge. This plaque, a replica of the original, was paid for by fundraising by the New Hampshire Daughters for a cost of $2,700. She created the first NHSODAR Newsletter and organized the Chapter Regents Club. She also replaced the New Hampshire flag in Continental Hall.
Mrs. Baum served as a Gray Lady, Red Cross volunteer, and Scout leader. She would later attend Catholic University and the University of San Francisco where she took Library Science courses. She was employed as a school and military librarian until she moved to New Hampshire following Colonel Baum's retirement.
Mrs. Baum died on August 5, 2010, in Fenton, Michigan, at the age of 94. She is buried in Arlington National Cemetery alongside her husband, Colonel John Baum, who served in the US Army in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. After her death, the Mercy Hathaway White Chapter established a scholarship in her name.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Shion Turner of Easton, Massachusetts.
Harriet Gray Partington (1986 - 1989) was born on March 11, 1924. She married Richard James Partington on May 24, 1976.
She was admitted to the Matthew Thornton Chapter on December 7, 1977, and would serve as chapter registrar, director, and regent. Mrs. Partington would serve as state vice regent, state regent, and honorary state regent. Her state chairmanships included DAR Museum, Friends of the Library, and Museum Correspondent Docent Committees. She was National Vice Chairman of Program and Reviewing and Area Representative of the DAR Speaker's Staff.
Her regency included traveling the state to increase membership using the state theme, "Think, Talk, Make your Chapter Grow." She held a lineage workshop each year; finished paying for the portrait of Franklin Pierce and purchased a plaque to go with the portrait; planted trees at the Tilton, New Hampshire Veteran's Home and the VA Hospital in Manchester, honoring the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution; purchased new flag stands for the NH Flags; and established a $200 scholarship for Kate Duncan Smith School. New Hampshire Daughters planted a tree and placed a bronze plaque at the Cathedral of the Pines in honor of her.
Mrs. Partington died on April 24, 2000, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, at the age of 76.
Her patriot ancestors were Sergeant John Gray of Massachusetts; Corporal Joseph Burnap of Reading, Massachusetts; James Cate, Sr., signer of the Association Test and tithing man from Epping, New Hampshire; Private Asa Harriman from Massachusetts; Lieutenant Aaron Sanborn from Sanbornton, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test, town selectman, and soldier; Private Prince Stevens from Massachusetts; and Private Jonathan Tower from Lincoln, Massachusetts.
She was admitted to the Matthew Thornton Chapter on December 7, 1977, and would serve as chapter registrar, director, and regent. Mrs. Partington would serve as state vice regent, state regent, and honorary state regent. Her state chairmanships included DAR Museum, Friends of the Library, and Museum Correspondent Docent Committees. She was National Vice Chairman of Program and Reviewing and Area Representative of the DAR Speaker's Staff.
Her regency included traveling the state to increase membership using the state theme, "Think, Talk, Make your Chapter Grow." She held a lineage workshop each year; finished paying for the portrait of Franklin Pierce and purchased a plaque to go with the portrait; planted trees at the Tilton, New Hampshire Veteran's Home and the VA Hospital in Manchester, honoring the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution; purchased new flag stands for the NH Flags; and established a $200 scholarship for Kate Duncan Smith School. New Hampshire Daughters planted a tree and placed a bronze plaque at the Cathedral of the Pines in honor of her.
Mrs. Partington died on April 24, 2000, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, at the age of 76.
Her patriot ancestors were Sergeant John Gray of Massachusetts; Corporal Joseph Burnap of Reading, Massachusetts; James Cate, Sr., signer of the Association Test and tithing man from Epping, New Hampshire; Private Asa Harriman from Massachusetts; Lieutenant Aaron Sanborn from Sanbornton, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test, town selectman, and soldier; Private Prince Stevens from Massachusetts; and Private Jonathan Tower from Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Sara B. Huckins Smith (1983 - 1986) was born on March 24, 1920 to Dr. John C. and Doris Badger Huckins. Mrs. Smith was a graduate of Plymouth High School and Plymouth Teacher's College (now Plymouth State University). She taught biology, sociology, and economics at Plymouth High School. She married Louis George Smith in Plymouth, New Hampshire, on June 28, 1947.
She was admitted on April 13, 1968, to the Colonel Samuel Ashley Chapter. She became state vice regent in 1980 and state regent in 1983. She would serve as NSDAR Vice President General from 1986 - 1989.
As state regent, she held workshops on parliamentary procedure, membership and treasurer duties. Her state regent's project raised $4,500 for the purchase of a portrait of President Franklin Pierce which now hangs on the wall by the entrance to the New Hampshire Children's Attic, and, raised funds for the repair of the Adam's apple of the Old Man of the Mountain. Her regency saw items donated to the Children's Attic and held a grave marking service for Honorary State Regent Gerrish.
Mrs. Smith served as President of the Plymouth State College Alumni Association and served for 12 years as a member of the Claremont Hospital Board. She was chosen as Woman of the Year in 1975 by Business and Professional Woman's Club.
Mrs. Smith died on May 13, 1993, at the age of 73, in Hartford, Vermont.
Her patriot ancestors were Captain Joseph Badger, Jr., signer of the Association Test and soldier from Gilmanton, New Hampshire; and Private James Huckins from Dover, New Hampshire.
She was admitted on April 13, 1968, to the Colonel Samuel Ashley Chapter. She became state vice regent in 1980 and state regent in 1983. She would serve as NSDAR Vice President General from 1986 - 1989.
As state regent, she held workshops on parliamentary procedure, membership and treasurer duties. Her state regent's project raised $4,500 for the purchase of a portrait of President Franklin Pierce which now hangs on the wall by the entrance to the New Hampshire Children's Attic, and, raised funds for the repair of the Adam's apple of the Old Man of the Mountain. Her regency saw items donated to the Children's Attic and held a grave marking service for Honorary State Regent Gerrish.
Mrs. Smith served as President of the Plymouth State College Alumni Association and served for 12 years as a member of the Claremont Hospital Board. She was chosen as Woman of the Year in 1975 by Business and Professional Woman's Club.
Mrs. Smith died on May 13, 1993, at the age of 73, in Hartford, Vermont.
Her patriot ancestors were Captain Joseph Badger, Jr., signer of the Association Test and soldier from Gilmanton, New Hampshire; and Private James Huckins from Dover, New Hampshire.
Ida Argersinger Maybe (1980 - 1983) was born on October 1, 1907, to Clarence and Mary North Argersinger in Johnstown, New York. She was a 1928 graduate of the University of Albany with a B.A. in English and History. She married Kenneth Gebhart Maybe on August 24, 1931. The couple lived in Schenectady in 1940 before moving to New Hampshire.
Mrs. Maybe's DAR service includes regent of the Anna Stickney Chapter; state chairman of the Finance, DAR Schools, and DAR Good Citizens Committees; president of the New Hampshire State Officer's Club and the Chapter Regent's Club; Chairman of the Attic Commission; state recording secretary; state parliamentarian; state vice regent; state regent; and honorary state regent.
Her state regency was highlighted by improving operating procedures; the establishment of the Ida A. Maybe DAR Good Citizen Fund; reorganization of the Franklin Pierce Society, C.A.R.; special fundraising activities for Tamassee and Kate Duncan Smith DAR Schools; and encouraging all chapters to meet the Honor Roll requirements.
Mrs. Maybe died on March 17, 2006, in Conway, New Hampshire, at the age of 98.
Her patriot ancestors were Private Michael Heagle of Albany, New York; Private William Smith of Lasselville, New York; and Johannes Spanknable of Germany, Prisoner of War and soldier from Palatine, New York.
Mrs. Maybe's DAR service includes regent of the Anna Stickney Chapter; state chairman of the Finance, DAR Schools, and DAR Good Citizens Committees; president of the New Hampshire State Officer's Club and the Chapter Regent's Club; Chairman of the Attic Commission; state recording secretary; state parliamentarian; state vice regent; state regent; and honorary state regent.
Her state regency was highlighted by improving operating procedures; the establishment of the Ida A. Maybe DAR Good Citizen Fund; reorganization of the Franklin Pierce Society, C.A.R.; special fundraising activities for Tamassee and Kate Duncan Smith DAR Schools; and encouraging all chapters to meet the Honor Roll requirements.
Mrs. Maybe died on March 17, 2006, in Conway, New Hampshire, at the age of 98.
Her patriot ancestors were Private Michael Heagle of Albany, New York; Private William Smith of Lasselville, New York; and Johannes Spanknable of Germany, Prisoner of War and soldier from Palatine, New York.
Ethyl Mae Kennard Gerrish (1977 - 1980) was born on June 10, 1912, in Dover, New Hampshire, to Alfred Ray and Mary White King Kennard. She was educated in the Dover public schools and McIntosh Business College. On June 29, 1941, she married Raymond Frederick Gerrish in Dover. They had two sons.
Mrs. Gerrish was a member of the Margery Sullivan Chapter and served as chapter treasurer before becoming state treasurer and state regent. She served as a member of the House Committee at Continental Congress, worked as a personal teller for Historian General Mrs. Lange, and served as state chairman of the Press Book and Insignia Committees.
Her state regent's project was to purchase the signature of Matthew Thornton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, for $275,000, which was placed in the Americana Room, DAR Museum, Washington, D.C; marked the grave of Caleb Whiting in Tamworth; and contributed toward equipment for the Baylies Home Economics Building at the Kate Duncan Smith DAR School.
Mrs. Gerrish was the president of the Mt. Washington Colony New England Women; charter member of the White Mountain Unit National Association of Parliamentarians; member of the Society of Colonial Wars in New Hampshire; and a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in New Hampshire.
Mrs. Gerrish died in April of 1984, in Orlando, Florida, at the age of 71. Upon her death, she bequeathed a generous sum from her estate to the Mayflower Society for a memorial scholarship fund, which has become one of the keystones of the organization's mission.
Her patriot ancestor was Captain John King, Sr., from Raynham, Massachusetts.
Mrs. Gerrish was a member of the Margery Sullivan Chapter and served as chapter treasurer before becoming state treasurer and state regent. She served as a member of the House Committee at Continental Congress, worked as a personal teller for Historian General Mrs. Lange, and served as state chairman of the Press Book and Insignia Committees.
Her state regent's project was to purchase the signature of Matthew Thornton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, for $275,000, which was placed in the Americana Room, DAR Museum, Washington, D.C; marked the grave of Caleb Whiting in Tamworth; and contributed toward equipment for the Baylies Home Economics Building at the Kate Duncan Smith DAR School.
Mrs. Gerrish was the president of the Mt. Washington Colony New England Women; charter member of the White Mountain Unit National Association of Parliamentarians; member of the Society of Colonial Wars in New Hampshire; and a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in New Hampshire.
Mrs. Gerrish died in April of 1984, in Orlando, Florida, at the age of 71. Upon her death, she bequeathed a generous sum from her estate to the Mayflower Society for a memorial scholarship fund, which has become one of the keystones of the organization's mission.
Her patriot ancestor was Captain John King, Sr., from Raynham, Massachusetts.
Marion Estelle Briggs French Johnson (1974 - 1977) was born on June 27, 1908, in Auburn, Maine, to Frank G. and Florence Mae Briggs French. She attended Stephens High School in Rumford, Maine, and the Maine School of Commerce in Auburn. She married Harold Leonard Johnson on June 20, 1931, in Turner, Maine. The couple moved to Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, and had one daughter.
She was admitted to the Winnipesaukee Chapter on April 13, 1968.
Mrs. Johnson was state regent during the Bicentennial, and her focus was on promoting all NSDAR Bicentennial projects and events.
Mrs. Johnson died on February 15, 2003, at the age of 94.
Her patriot ancestor was Sergeant Daniel Briggs, Sr., minuteman at the Lexington Alarm and signer of the Solemn League and Covenant in Taunton, Massachusetts.
She was admitted to the Winnipesaukee Chapter on April 13, 1968.
Mrs. Johnson was state regent during the Bicentennial, and her focus was on promoting all NSDAR Bicentennial projects and events.
Mrs. Johnson died on February 15, 2003, at the age of 94.
Her patriot ancestor was Sergeant Daniel Briggs, Sr., minuteman at the Lexington Alarm and signer of the Solemn League and Covenant in Taunton, Massachusetts.
Marion Watson Chase (1971 - 1974) was born on January 14, 1914, to Peter Sinclair and Alice Mae Sinclair Watson. She was educated at Littleton High School. Mrs. Chase was employed as a secretary for the state welfare department. She married Carl Arthur Chase on January 1, 1936. They had four children.
Mrs. Chase was admitted to the Mary Butler Chapter on October 18, 1962.
She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Meredith Historical Society, American Legion Auxiliary, and the State Officer's Club. Mrs. Chase received Boy Scout Service Award, was co-founder Meredith Mariner Society, and a member of the First Congregational Church.
Her state regent's project was to raise funds to restore the Portcullis at the colonial Fort William and Mary in Newcastle, New Hampshire; as well as to replace the cobblestones underneath. The Portcullis was rededicated on August 10, 1974.
Mrs. Chase died on September 28, 2003 at the age of 89.
Her patriot ancestor was Sergeant David Stoddard of Littleton, New Hampshire, who died in service in August of 1777.
Mrs. Chase was admitted to the Mary Butler Chapter on October 18, 1962.
She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Meredith Historical Society, American Legion Auxiliary, and the State Officer's Club. Mrs. Chase received Boy Scout Service Award, was co-founder Meredith Mariner Society, and a member of the First Congregational Church.
Her state regent's project was to raise funds to restore the Portcullis at the colonial Fort William and Mary in Newcastle, New Hampshire; as well as to replace the cobblestones underneath. The Portcullis was rededicated on August 10, 1974.
Mrs. Chase died on September 28, 2003 at the age of 89.
Her patriot ancestor was Sergeant David Stoddard of Littleton, New Hampshire, who died in service in August of 1777.
Hon. Ednapearl Flores Parr (1968 - 1971) was born in Brandon, Texas, on February 15, 1916, daughter of Oscar Polecarp and Nancy Maureen Landers Flores. She graduated from high school in Lorenzo, Texas, and earned an associates degree from Sacramento College in California. Mrs. Parr attended Strayer College and New York University, and was employed as a buyer and merchandise manager in Washington, D.C. In 1942, Mrs. Parr joined the United States Navy as a WAVE, and was stationed at Bethesda Naval Medical Center during World War II.
She married Harry Parr and they had one son, Neal.
Mrs. Parr was admitted to the Potomac Chapter in Virginia, on October 17, 1946, as a Junior Member. In 1954, she would transfer to the Ranger Chapter in New Hampshire, where she served as recording secretary, vice regent, and regent. Mrs. Parr was state chaplain before becoming state regent, and served as chairman of the Children of the American Revolution, Membership, Honor Roll, Pages, and State Conference Committees. She served as State Senior President and Honorary Senior State President of C.A.R., and was the recipient of the C.A.R. Endowment pin. She was a member of the C.A.R. National Officer's Club. Mrs. Parr served as NSDAR Vice President General from 1971 to 1974.
Her state regency included workshops for chapter regents and state chairmen, addressing the importance of parliamentary procedure and communication. New Hampshire was the only state organization to conduct a memorial service for the men who made the supreme sacrifice in the Vietnam War. Mrs. Parr worked on renovations of the New Hampshire Children's Attic and compiling an updated NHSODAR state history.
In addition to DAR, Mrs. Parr was active with the National Association of Parliamentarians, Inc., Daughters of Colonial Wars, and the United States Air Force Ground Observer Corp. She was a member of the Hampton Conservation Commission and the Hampton American Legion. At one time, she served as president of the Hampton Federation of Women's club, Federated Women's Republican Club, Winnacunnet High School Parent's Council, and Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Parr was a Den Mother for Cub Scouts and was active with the American Red Cross.
Mrs. Parr served ten terms in the New Hampshire House of Representatives as a Republican representative from Exeter.
Mrs. Parr died on October 30, 1992.
Her patriot ancestor was Captain James Malcolm of Virginia, who received a grant of land in a land lottery of 1827 in Morgan, Colorado.
She married Harry Parr and they had one son, Neal.
Mrs. Parr was admitted to the Potomac Chapter in Virginia, on October 17, 1946, as a Junior Member. In 1954, she would transfer to the Ranger Chapter in New Hampshire, where she served as recording secretary, vice regent, and regent. Mrs. Parr was state chaplain before becoming state regent, and served as chairman of the Children of the American Revolution, Membership, Honor Roll, Pages, and State Conference Committees. She served as State Senior President and Honorary Senior State President of C.A.R., and was the recipient of the C.A.R. Endowment pin. She was a member of the C.A.R. National Officer's Club. Mrs. Parr served as NSDAR Vice President General from 1971 to 1974.
Her state regency included workshops for chapter regents and state chairmen, addressing the importance of parliamentary procedure and communication. New Hampshire was the only state organization to conduct a memorial service for the men who made the supreme sacrifice in the Vietnam War. Mrs. Parr worked on renovations of the New Hampshire Children's Attic and compiling an updated NHSODAR state history.
In addition to DAR, Mrs. Parr was active with the National Association of Parliamentarians, Inc., Daughters of Colonial Wars, and the United States Air Force Ground Observer Corp. She was a member of the Hampton Conservation Commission and the Hampton American Legion. At one time, she served as president of the Hampton Federation of Women's club, Federated Women's Republican Club, Winnacunnet High School Parent's Council, and Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Parr was a Den Mother for Cub Scouts and was active with the American Red Cross.
Mrs. Parr served ten terms in the New Hampshire House of Representatives as a Republican representative from Exeter.
Mrs. Parr died on October 30, 1992.
Her patriot ancestor was Captain James Malcolm of Virginia, who received a grant of land in a land lottery of 1827 in Morgan, Colorado.
Mary Jane Corbett Faust (1965 - 1968) was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, on January 21, 1915, to G. Edgar and Abigail L Corbett. She attended the University of Pittsburgh where she studied Elementary Education. Mrs. Faust married Nils Eugene Faust in Wellsburg, West Virginia, on September 7, 1935. She was employed at the Carnegie Library and the library of the University of Pittsburgh. She joined J. L. Hudson, Co. of Detroit in 1935, where she worked in the Bureau of Adjustments.
During World War II, while her husband was in the armed forces, Mrs. Faust was the Army Air Corps civilian employee responsible for emergency procurement of airplane parts and a special assistant to the Director of Maintenance and Supply. Following the war, she and her husband formed the Nils E. Faust Motor Co. in Concord, New Hampshire, and she became a licensed real estate broker.
She was a member of the Rumford Chapter where she served as treasurer, vice regent, and regent. At the state level, she served as chairman of the Flag of the United States and Constitution Week Committees, as well as being vice regent and regent. Mrs. Faust was senior national president of the Children of the American Revolution. Later, she would be elected as Treasurer General from 1968 to 1971.
Her state regency included a visit from the President General, raising of dues from 50 cents to $1.00, and increased participation in the DAR Good Citizens and American History Month contests.
Mrs. Faust died on November 5, 1999, in Sunapee, New Hampshire, at the age of 84.
Her patriot ancestors were Private Henry Bowman of Germany, and later Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Sergeant William Boyd; Private Michael Eisaman; and Lieutenant Andrew Finley of the Continental Army, all from Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.
During World War II, while her husband was in the armed forces, Mrs. Faust was the Army Air Corps civilian employee responsible for emergency procurement of airplane parts and a special assistant to the Director of Maintenance and Supply. Following the war, she and her husband formed the Nils E. Faust Motor Co. in Concord, New Hampshire, and she became a licensed real estate broker.
She was a member of the Rumford Chapter where she served as treasurer, vice regent, and regent. At the state level, she served as chairman of the Flag of the United States and Constitution Week Committees, as well as being vice regent and regent. Mrs. Faust was senior national president of the Children of the American Revolution. Later, she would be elected as Treasurer General from 1968 to 1971.
Her state regency included a visit from the President General, raising of dues from 50 cents to $1.00, and increased participation in the DAR Good Citizens and American History Month contests.
Mrs. Faust died on November 5, 1999, in Sunapee, New Hampshire, at the age of 84.
Her patriot ancestors were Private Henry Bowman of Germany, and later Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Sergeant William Boyd; Private Michael Eisaman; and Lieutenant Andrew Finley of the Continental Army, all from Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.
Geraldine Daggett Lynde (1962 - 1965) was born on May 26, 1905, in Proctor, Vermont, to Wilfred F. and Josephine Daggett. She was an honor graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and the Eastern School of Music in Rochester, New York. Mrs. Lynde was a supervisor and special instructor of music in Derry, Windham, and Pinkerton Academy, New Hampshire; and later in Burlington, Vermont, Andover, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut. She married Charles Emery Lynde on September 2, 1934, in Rutland, Vermont, and had two children.
Mrs. Lynde joined the Rebeckah Hastings Chapter in Barre, Vermont, in 1949. In 1951, the Lyndes moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, where Mrs. Lynde joined the Molly Stark Chapter. Mrs. Lynde served Molly Stark as chaplain, vice regent, and regent before becoming state regent. She served as the state's first organizing secretary. During her term as state vice regent, Mrs. Lynde organized the New Hampshire State Chorus. Mrs. Lynde served NSDAR as Vice President General from 1965 - 1968.
Mrs. Lynde was a past president of the Vermont Music Educator's Association, where she organized the all-state chorus of the Vermont Festival. She served as choir director, organist, and soloist in several churches. She served as director of the Manchester Community Concerts Association; friend of the Currier Art Gallery at the Manchester Institute of Art; member of the New Hampshire Historical Society; the Elliott Hospital Association; league of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts; and the First Congregational Church. Mrs. Lynde was a member of the Daughters of the Colonial Wars and Mt. Washington Colony of New England Women.
Mrs. Lynde died on August 3, 1996, in Sun City, Arizona. She was 91 years old.
Her patriot ancestor was Sergeant Thomas Drake of Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Mrs. Lynde joined the Rebeckah Hastings Chapter in Barre, Vermont, in 1949. In 1951, the Lyndes moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, where Mrs. Lynde joined the Molly Stark Chapter. Mrs. Lynde served Molly Stark as chaplain, vice regent, and regent before becoming state regent. She served as the state's first organizing secretary. During her term as state vice regent, Mrs. Lynde organized the New Hampshire State Chorus. Mrs. Lynde served NSDAR as Vice President General from 1965 - 1968.
Mrs. Lynde was a past president of the Vermont Music Educator's Association, where she organized the all-state chorus of the Vermont Festival. She served as choir director, organist, and soloist in several churches. She served as director of the Manchester Community Concerts Association; friend of the Currier Art Gallery at the Manchester Institute of Art; member of the New Hampshire Historical Society; the Elliott Hospital Association; league of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts; and the First Congregational Church. Mrs. Lynde was a member of the Daughters of the Colonial Wars and Mt. Washington Colony of New England Women.
Mrs. Lynde died on August 3, 1996, in Sun City, Arizona. She was 91 years old.
Her patriot ancestor was Sergeant Thomas Drake of Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Lillian E. "Sue" Goldberg McConkey (1959 - 1962) was born on October 30, 1911, in Littleton, New Hampshire, to Abraham Joseph and Christie Pearl Hapgood Young Goldberg. She graduated from Kennett High School in Conway, New Hampshire, and was a student nurse. She married Thomas Wright McConkey, a United States Forest Service Scientist, on December 31, 1934. They lived on hilltop farm in Alfred, Maine, which they called, Star Hill.
Mrs. McConkey joined the Anna Stickney Chapter in 1940. She served as chapter regent and state chairman of the American Music Committee. On the National level she served as advisor to the DAR Museum, American Music Scrapbook and Clearing House Committees. She was a member of the NSDAR Speaker's Staff.
Her regency focused on fundraising for the Doris Pike White Gymnasium-Auditorium at the Kate Duncan Smith DAR School.
Mrs. McConkey began writing poetry at age 40. Her first volume of poetry, The View From Douglas Hill, was published in 1958. Her second and third books, Hold Bright the Star and Jade Bough, White Shadows, came out five and ten years later. She was highly regarded for her encouragement of young poets, who came from around New England to Star Hill Poetry Day, a program founded by Mrs. McConkey and her husband. She was President of the Poetry Fellowship of Maine from 1962-63, and received several awards from the Maine Writers Conference, as well as honorary degrees from Nasson College in 1971 and Westbrook College in 1980.
Mrs. McConkey was a member of the York County Colony New England Women; Helping Hand Fund; New England Arts and Crafts; and the Daughters of the Colonial Wars in New Hampshire.
Mrs. McConkey died on January 28, 2001, at the age of 89.
Her patriot ancestor was Ephraim Hapgood, Sr., of Acton, Massachusetts. Hapgood was a selectman for the town of Acton, and served as a representative to the Provincial Congress. He was shipwrecked in 1780 and died.
Mrs. McConkey joined the Anna Stickney Chapter in 1940. She served as chapter regent and state chairman of the American Music Committee. On the National level she served as advisor to the DAR Museum, American Music Scrapbook and Clearing House Committees. She was a member of the NSDAR Speaker's Staff.
Her regency focused on fundraising for the Doris Pike White Gymnasium-Auditorium at the Kate Duncan Smith DAR School.
Mrs. McConkey began writing poetry at age 40. Her first volume of poetry, The View From Douglas Hill, was published in 1958. Her second and third books, Hold Bright the Star and Jade Bough, White Shadows, came out five and ten years later. She was highly regarded for her encouragement of young poets, who came from around New England to Star Hill Poetry Day, a program founded by Mrs. McConkey and her husband. She was President of the Poetry Fellowship of Maine from 1962-63, and received several awards from the Maine Writers Conference, as well as honorary degrees from Nasson College in 1971 and Westbrook College in 1980.
Mrs. McConkey was a member of the York County Colony New England Women; Helping Hand Fund; New England Arts and Crafts; and the Daughters of the Colonial Wars in New Hampshire.
Mrs. McConkey died on January 28, 2001, at the age of 89.
Her patriot ancestor was Ephraim Hapgood, Sr., of Acton, Massachusetts. Hapgood was a selectman for the town of Acton, and served as a representative to the Provincial Congress. He was shipwrecked in 1780 and died.
Esther Hazel Glidden Lange (1956 - 1959) was born in Jefferson, Maine, on August 28, 1897, to Daniel Stinson and Hattie May Taylor Glidden. She was a graduate of Gorham State Teacher's College, and taught until her marriage to Forrest Fay Lange.
Mrs. Lange was accepted into the Ranger Chapter in 1950. She would serve as chapter treasurer, vice regent, and regent. Mrs. Lange served the state as chairman of the Children of the American Revolution, DAR Manual for Citizenship, and DAR Schools Committees; served as state vice regent and state regent. She would serve as Vice President General from 1959 to 1962, and as Historian General from 1965 to 1968. Mrs. Lange served as national vice chairman of the Flag of the United States of America and the DAR Speaker's Staff Committees.
Her state regency saw the purchase of a New Hampshire flag for the Fitzsimmons Army Hospital and contributions to NSDAR and the Hillside School and Tamassee School.
Mrs. Lange was a member of the New Hampshire Historical Society, National Republican Club, Society of Colonial Wars of New Hampshire, National Society of Daughters of the Founders and Patriots in New Hampshire, Mt. Washington Colony of New England Women, and the National Society Daughters of the American Colonists. She was also a member of the Piscataqua Pioneers, National Society of Mayflower Descendants, and charter member of the Hugeunot Society of New Hampshire.
She died on October 18, 1969, at Portsmouth Hospital. The State Officer's Club contributed to the Gorham State College Scholarship Fund in her memory.
Her patriot ancestor was Daniel Lane of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Mrs. Lange was accepted into the Ranger Chapter in 1950. She would serve as chapter treasurer, vice regent, and regent. Mrs. Lange served the state as chairman of the Children of the American Revolution, DAR Manual for Citizenship, and DAR Schools Committees; served as state vice regent and state regent. She would serve as Vice President General from 1959 to 1962, and as Historian General from 1965 to 1968. Mrs. Lange served as national vice chairman of the Flag of the United States of America and the DAR Speaker's Staff Committees.
Her state regency saw the purchase of a New Hampshire flag for the Fitzsimmons Army Hospital and contributions to NSDAR and the Hillside School and Tamassee School.
Mrs. Lange was a member of the New Hampshire Historical Society, National Republican Club, Society of Colonial Wars of New Hampshire, National Society of Daughters of the Founders and Patriots in New Hampshire, Mt. Washington Colony of New England Women, and the National Society Daughters of the American Colonists. She was also a member of the Piscataqua Pioneers, National Society of Mayflower Descendants, and charter member of the Hugeunot Society of New Hampshire.
She died on October 18, 1969, at Portsmouth Hospital. The State Officer's Club contributed to the Gorham State College Scholarship Fund in her memory.
Her patriot ancestor was Daniel Lane of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Mable Ethel Goodhue Cutting (1953 - 1956) was born on September 11, 1910, in Concord, New Hampshire, to David H. and Beth Ainsworth Goodhue of Claremont. She graduated from Stevens High School in 1927. She married Arnold D. Cutting on July 4, 1930, in Claremont, New Hampshire.
Mrs. Cutting joined the Colonel Samuel Ashley Chapter in 1937. She served her chapter as director, registrar, vice regent, and regent. She was never state vice regent but served as state chairman of the National Building Fund and National Defense Committees. She also served as teller at the 1959 Continental Congress and vice chairman of the Teller's Committee.
Mrs. Cutting's state regency collected funds for a New Hampshire Seal on the Patriot's Stone in the Bell Tower at Valley Forge, honoring Josiah Bartlett. She supported the DAR Schools, promoted amendments to the bylaws allowing honorary state regents voting rights at state conferences, and paid for a chair in the State Box at Continental Hall in honor of Honorary State Regent Mrs. Johnson.
She was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, the Rebekahs, Order of the Eastern Star, and American Legion Auxiliary. She was a charter member of the Claremont Historical Society and the Claremont General Hospital, Inc.; treasurer of the local Red Cross chapter; president of the Claremont Women's Republican Club; supervisor of the checklist; member of the Stevens Alumni Association; and a member of the Claremont School Board.
Mrs. Cutting died on July 23, 1998, in Windsor, Vermont, at the age of 87.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Frederick Locke of Westborough, Massachusetts.
Mrs. Cutting joined the Colonel Samuel Ashley Chapter in 1937. She served her chapter as director, registrar, vice regent, and regent. She was never state vice regent but served as state chairman of the National Building Fund and National Defense Committees. She also served as teller at the 1959 Continental Congress and vice chairman of the Teller's Committee.
Mrs. Cutting's state regency collected funds for a New Hampshire Seal on the Patriot's Stone in the Bell Tower at Valley Forge, honoring Josiah Bartlett. She supported the DAR Schools, promoted amendments to the bylaws allowing honorary state regents voting rights at state conferences, and paid for a chair in the State Box at Continental Hall in honor of Honorary State Regent Mrs. Johnson.
She was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, the Rebekahs, Order of the Eastern Star, and American Legion Auxiliary. She was a charter member of the Claremont Historical Society and the Claremont General Hospital, Inc.; treasurer of the local Red Cross chapter; president of the Claremont Women's Republican Club; supervisor of the checklist; member of the Stevens Alumni Association; and a member of the Claremont School Board.
Mrs. Cutting died on July 23, 1998, in Windsor, Vermont, at the age of 87.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Frederick Locke of Westborough, Massachusetts.
Lucy Viola Joel Johnson (1952 - 1953) was born on June 2, 1890, in Concord, New Hampshire, to Charles L. and Nellie Cleveland Joel. She was educated in Fitchburg, Massachusets High School and Hartford Connecticut Hospital. She married Hiram Wales Johnson on January 4, 1919. The couple moved to Antrim, New Hampshire, and had four children.
Mrs. Johnson was admitted to the Molly Aiken Chapter in 1933. She served her chapter on the Music Program and Budget Committees; and as chairman of the Filing and Lending, DAR Museum, Good Citizen, National Defense, DAR Schools, and the Flag of the United States of America Committees. She served as Molly Aiken's historian, chaplain, vice regent, and regent.
Before becoming state regent, Mrs. Johnson served as chairman of the Membership Committee. She was National Vice Chairman of the Membership Committee and served as senior chaplain in the New Hampshire Society, Children of the American Revolution. After her quick installation as state regent, Mrs. Johnson hosted the 1952 state conference, where funds were reallocated to the Building Completion Fund and the Valley Forge Fund. At Continental Congress, she delivered the tribute to Mrs. Austin and attended the dedication of the Bell Tower at Valley Forge.
Mrs. Johnson died in October of 1977 in Peterborough, New Hampshire, at the age of 87. She is buried with her husband at Riverside Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Francis Belknap of Ellington, Connecticut.
Mrs. Johnson was admitted to the Molly Aiken Chapter in 1933. She served her chapter on the Music Program and Budget Committees; and as chairman of the Filing and Lending, DAR Museum, Good Citizen, National Defense, DAR Schools, and the Flag of the United States of America Committees. She served as Molly Aiken's historian, chaplain, vice regent, and regent.
Before becoming state regent, Mrs. Johnson served as chairman of the Membership Committee. She was National Vice Chairman of the Membership Committee and served as senior chaplain in the New Hampshire Society, Children of the American Revolution. After her quick installation as state regent, Mrs. Johnson hosted the 1952 state conference, where funds were reallocated to the Building Completion Fund and the Valley Forge Fund. At Continental Congress, she delivered the tribute to Mrs. Austin and attended the dedication of the Bell Tower at Valley Forge.
Mrs. Johnson died in October of 1977 in Peterborough, New Hampshire, at the age of 87. She is buried with her husband at Riverside Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Francis Belknap of Ellington, Connecticut.
Olive Stewart Austin (1950 - 1952) was born on November 16, 1895, to Charles D. and Laura Littlefield Stewart, in Dover, New Hampshire. Her mother died while she was a baby, and Mrs. Austin was raised by her grandfather, B.D. Stewart. She was a talented musician and gave lessons while still in school. She married James B. Austin of Dover, and they had three children. They lived for a while in Laconia, but upon their return to Dover, Mrs. Austin became the church organist at the First Parish Church of Dover; a position she held until her death.
She was a member of the Margery Sullivan Chapter where she served as regent only a little over a year after having joined. She served as state chairman of the American Indian Committee where she compiled a book on Indian legends, with contributions by all the NHSODAR chapters. She was elected state historian in 1947 and served this term until she was elected state regent.
Her state regency solicited funds for a memorial for past state regent Mrs. Spring at Valley Forge as well as funds for the buildings at Valley Forge. She instigated "The N. H. DAR News" bulletin which was distributed four times a year.
Mrs. Austin died suddenly during her regency on September 4, 1952, at the age of 56. There was no fall meeting held that year due to her death.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Eleazer Colburn, member of the Lexington Alarm from Dracut, Massachusetts.
She was a member of the Margery Sullivan Chapter where she served as regent only a little over a year after having joined. She served as state chairman of the American Indian Committee where she compiled a book on Indian legends, with contributions by all the NHSODAR chapters. She was elected state historian in 1947 and served this term until she was elected state regent.
Her state regency solicited funds for a memorial for past state regent Mrs. Spring at Valley Forge as well as funds for the buildings at Valley Forge. She instigated "The N. H. DAR News" bulletin which was distributed four times a year.
Mrs. Austin died suddenly during her regency on September 4, 1952, at the age of 56. There was no fall meeting held that year due to her death.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Eleazer Colburn, member of the Lexington Alarm from Dracut, Massachusetts.
Louise Kennard Hayes Anderson (1947 - 1950) was born in January 1888 to Charles C. and Belle Kennard Hayes. On November 30, 1912, she married David Wadsworth Anderson of Manchester, New Hampshire.
As a child, Mrs. Anderson was a member of the Elizabeth Page Chapter, Children of the American Revolution in New Hampshire. In 1930, she would become a member of the Molly Stark Chapter, and served as chapter regent. At the state level, she served as chairman of the New Hampshire Attic Room for 18 years, as well as state chairman of the DAR Museum Committee. Mrs. Anderson served as a member of the Commission for the Revision of National Bylaws; National Vice Chairman of the Student Loan Scholarship and DAR Magazine Committees; state vice regent, state regent, and honorary state regent; and Vice President General from 1950 to 1953.
Mrs. Anderson was a member of the Daughters of Colonial Wars in New Hampshire and served as president and historian of that organization at the state level, and secretary and vice president at the national level. Mrs. Anderson was a trustee of the Manchester YMCA, First Baptist Church of Manchester, and Hillside School at Marlborough, Massachusetts.
During her regency, the first annual Cathedral of the Pines vesper service was held in 1948, which is still an annual event. She collected funds for the Valley Forge Bell Tower, and chapters contributed 100% to the Kate Duncan Smith Cottage Fund and the Tamassee Anniversary Fund. Much work was done with Manuals for Citizenship through the distribution of them to public schools, libraries, American classes, G.I. brides, displaced persons, and naturalization classes.
Mrs. Anderson died in November of 1976 at the age of 88, in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestors were Joseph Greeley, Sr., member of the Lexington Alarm from Haverhill, Massachusetts; Zebedee Hayes, gunner from Wrentham, Massachusetts; Sergeant Abner Hogg from Londonderry, New Hampshire; and Second Lieutenant Henry Tewksbury of Weare, New Hampshire.
As a child, Mrs. Anderson was a member of the Elizabeth Page Chapter, Children of the American Revolution in New Hampshire. In 1930, she would become a member of the Molly Stark Chapter, and served as chapter regent. At the state level, she served as chairman of the New Hampshire Attic Room for 18 years, as well as state chairman of the DAR Museum Committee. Mrs. Anderson served as a member of the Commission for the Revision of National Bylaws; National Vice Chairman of the Student Loan Scholarship and DAR Magazine Committees; state vice regent, state regent, and honorary state regent; and Vice President General from 1950 to 1953.
Mrs. Anderson was a member of the Daughters of Colonial Wars in New Hampshire and served as president and historian of that organization at the state level, and secretary and vice president at the national level. Mrs. Anderson was a trustee of the Manchester YMCA, First Baptist Church of Manchester, and Hillside School at Marlborough, Massachusetts.
During her regency, the first annual Cathedral of the Pines vesper service was held in 1948, which is still an annual event. She collected funds for the Valley Forge Bell Tower, and chapters contributed 100% to the Kate Duncan Smith Cottage Fund and the Tamassee Anniversary Fund. Much work was done with Manuals for Citizenship through the distribution of them to public schools, libraries, American classes, G.I. brides, displaced persons, and naturalization classes.
Mrs. Anderson died in November of 1976 at the age of 88, in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestors were Joseph Greeley, Sr., member of the Lexington Alarm from Haverhill, Massachusetts; Zebedee Hayes, gunner from Wrentham, Massachusetts; Sergeant Abner Hogg from Londonderry, New Hampshire; and Second Lieutenant Henry Tewksbury of Weare, New Hampshire.
Ethel Foster Storrs (1944 - 1947) was born on May 5, 1887, in Concord, New Hampshire, to Albert I and Susie Gardner Foster. She married Edward Dow Storrs, a civil engineer, on May 4, 1909, in Concord, New Hampshire.
Mrs. Storrs was a member of the Rumford Chapter where she served as regent. At the state level, Mrs. Storrs served as state vice regent and regent. Nationally, she was Vice Chairman of Approved Schools and the Correct Use of the Flag of the United States of America Committees.
Her state regency began in the midst of World War II, and focused on continuing the support of the American Red Cross, including compiling War Service Records of blood relatives of DAR members. As a war emergency measure, Continental Congress was cancelled in 1945, and subsequently, so was the New Hampshire state conference. In 1946, the project of the National Tribute Grove was adopted and chapters gave $1 for each of the names of their nearest kin.
Mrs. Storrs was a member of the Daughters of Colonial Wars, NHSODAR State Officer's Club, and served as Children of the American Revolution Society Senior President.
Mrs. Storrs died in December 1974, in Concord, New Hampshire. She was 87 years old. The Edward D. and Ethel M. Storrs Fund provides support to requesting organizations through the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Moses Rand of Dover, New Hampshire.
Mrs. Storrs was a member of the Rumford Chapter where she served as regent. At the state level, Mrs. Storrs served as state vice regent and regent. Nationally, she was Vice Chairman of Approved Schools and the Correct Use of the Flag of the United States of America Committees.
Her state regency began in the midst of World War II, and focused on continuing the support of the American Red Cross, including compiling War Service Records of blood relatives of DAR members. As a war emergency measure, Continental Congress was cancelled in 1945, and subsequently, so was the New Hampshire state conference. In 1946, the project of the National Tribute Grove was adopted and chapters gave $1 for each of the names of their nearest kin.
Mrs. Storrs was a member of the Daughters of Colonial Wars, NHSODAR State Officer's Club, and served as Children of the American Revolution Society Senior President.
Mrs. Storrs died in December 1974, in Concord, New Hampshire. She was 87 years old. The Edward D. and Ethel M. Storrs Fund provides support to requesting organizations through the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Moses Rand of Dover, New Hampshire.
Martha Catherine Neal Crosby (1941 - 1944) was born on January 12, 1898, in Derry, New Hampshire, to William Frederick and Caroline M. Coburn Neal. In 1918, she graduated from Tufts University, where she was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi. She married Robert Francis Crosby on August 9, 1922, in Derry, New Hampshire.
Mrs. Crosby was member of the Molly Reid Chapter where she served as regent before becoming state vice regent and regent.
Her state regency began with sponsoring a Patriotic Dinner with nine other patriotic organizations to help the University of New Hampshire celebrate its 75th anniversary in 1941. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the focus of her regency shifted to war-time activities such as the buying of war bonds and stamps; making and filling buddy bags; donating blood and money to blood banks; knitting, sewing, and surgical dressings for the Red Cross; and the purchase of a station wagon for the local Red Cross Chapter. At the Continental Congress in 1943, Mrs. Crosby gave tribute to the last surviving New Hampshire Real Daughter, Caroline Hassam Randall, who died in 1942. Her regency also oversaw the payment and dedication of the New Hampshire star on the National Birthday Bell at Valley Forge.
Mrs. Crosby died June 27, 1972, in Portland, Maine, at the age of 74.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Henry Colburn of Dracut, Massachusetts.
Mrs. Crosby was member of the Molly Reid Chapter where she served as regent before becoming state vice regent and regent.
Her state regency began with sponsoring a Patriotic Dinner with nine other patriotic organizations to help the University of New Hampshire celebrate its 75th anniversary in 1941. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the focus of her regency shifted to war-time activities such as the buying of war bonds and stamps; making and filling buddy bags; donating blood and money to blood banks; knitting, sewing, and surgical dressings for the Red Cross; and the purchase of a station wagon for the local Red Cross Chapter. At the Continental Congress in 1943, Mrs. Crosby gave tribute to the last surviving New Hampshire Real Daughter, Caroline Hassam Randall, who died in 1942. Her regency also oversaw the payment and dedication of the New Hampshire star on the National Birthday Bell at Valley Forge.
Mrs. Crosby died June 27, 1972, in Portland, Maine, at the age of 74.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Henry Colburn of Dracut, Massachusetts.
Florence Mary Tilton Crockett (1938 - 1941) was born in Farmington, Maine, in 1887 to Joseph Adelbert and Lizzie N. Eaton Tilton. Her father was a carpenter. She graduated from the Farmington State Normal School in Maine (now the University of Maine). She married Ralph L. Crockett, Superintendent at a granite quarry in North Conway, New Hampshire.
Mrs. Crockett was the first state regent to serve for three years with the new bylaws for NHSODAR. At her first state conference, she hosted the President General. Two new cabinets were placed in the New Hampshire Children's Attic. Thirty thousand Penny Pines were planted in Bear Brook Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire, as part of the DAR Forest. A bronze tablet was placed on a granite marker in Colebrook, New Hampshire, to point the way of the old Indian Road, known as the Coos Trail.
Mrs. Crockett served the Anna Stickney Chapter as secretary and was chapter regent for five years before becoming state vice regent and regent. Mrs. Crockett served as state chairman for the Conservation, Ellis Island, and Good Citizenship Pilgrimage Committees. She served as the NSDAR Librarian General from 1941 to 1944.
Mrs. Crockett served as Governor of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of New Hampshire, and was a member of the Society Daughters of Colonial Wars in New Hampshire. A member of the National Officer's Club and the local Woman's Club, Mrs. Crockett also served on the council of the New Hampshire League of Arts and Crafts. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Crockett died on September 3, 1946, in Conway, New Hampshire. She was 60 years old.
Her patriot ancestors were Jacob Eaton of Bristol, Maine, who drowned in the Bay of Fundy in 1791; Peter Norton, High Sheriff of Edgartown, Massachusetts; and Private Zachariah Norton of Edgartown, Massachusetts.
Mrs. Crockett was the first state regent to serve for three years with the new bylaws for NHSODAR. At her first state conference, she hosted the President General. Two new cabinets were placed in the New Hampshire Children's Attic. Thirty thousand Penny Pines were planted in Bear Brook Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire, as part of the DAR Forest. A bronze tablet was placed on a granite marker in Colebrook, New Hampshire, to point the way of the old Indian Road, known as the Coos Trail.
Mrs. Crockett served the Anna Stickney Chapter as secretary and was chapter regent for five years before becoming state vice regent and regent. Mrs. Crockett served as state chairman for the Conservation, Ellis Island, and Good Citizenship Pilgrimage Committees. She served as the NSDAR Librarian General from 1941 to 1944.
Mrs. Crockett served as Governor of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of New Hampshire, and was a member of the Society Daughters of Colonial Wars in New Hampshire. A member of the National Officer's Club and the local Woman's Club, Mrs. Crockett also served on the council of the New Hampshire League of Arts and Crafts. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Crockett died on September 3, 1946, in Conway, New Hampshire. She was 60 years old.
Her patriot ancestors were Jacob Eaton of Bristol, Maine, who drowned in the Bay of Fundy in 1791; Peter Norton, High Sheriff of Edgartown, Massachusetts; and Private Zachariah Norton of Edgartown, Massachusetts.
Grace Philbrick Wasburn Hoskins (1936 - 1938) was born in Boston, on November 25, 1879, to Frank Leslie and Annabelle Philbrick Washburn. Her father was an attorney in Melrose, Massachusetts. Mrs. Hoskins is a graduate of Lasell Seminary. She married Carl Seth Hoskins, proprietor of the Sunset Hill House resort in Lisbon, New Hampshire, on October 10, 1904, in Melrose, Massachusetts.
Mrs. Hoskins served as treasurer, vice regent and regent of the Gunthwaite Chapter before becoming state regent. Mrs. Hoskins served as NSDAR Vice President General from 1939 to 1942.
Mrs. Hoskins died in Lisbon, New Hampshire, on March 1, 1968, at the age of 88.
Her patriot ancestors were First Lieutenant Gershom Burbank of Compton, New Hampshire; Private Elias Cheney of Newbury, Massachusetts; Colonel Abraham Drake, Sr., of Hampton, New Hampshire; Private Jonathan Drake of Hampton, New Hampshire, who fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill; Nathan Philbrick of Deerfield, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test; First Lieutenant William Seavey of Rye, New Hampshire; Lieutenant Cotton Ward of Hampton, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test; and Private Joseph Washburn of Hancock, New Hampshire.
Mrs. Hoskins served as treasurer, vice regent and regent of the Gunthwaite Chapter before becoming state regent. Mrs. Hoskins served as NSDAR Vice President General from 1939 to 1942.
Mrs. Hoskins died in Lisbon, New Hampshire, on March 1, 1968, at the age of 88.
Her patriot ancestors were First Lieutenant Gershom Burbank of Compton, New Hampshire; Private Elias Cheney of Newbury, Massachusetts; Colonel Abraham Drake, Sr., of Hampton, New Hampshire; Private Jonathan Drake of Hampton, New Hampshire, who fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill; Nathan Philbrick of Deerfield, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test; First Lieutenant William Seavey of Rye, New Hampshire; Lieutenant Cotton Ward of Hampton, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test; and Private Joseph Washburn of Hancock, New Hampshire.
Rachel Flint Wheat (1934 - 1936) was born in on May 7, 1885, in Lowell, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Joseph A. and Frances Horne Flint. Mrs. Wheat graduated from Lowell High School and was a member of the class of 1908 of Simmons College. She married Dr. Arthur F. Wheat, a Manchester physician, on July 19, 1913, in Manchester, New Hampshire. They had three children.
Mrs. Wheat joined the Molly Stark Chapter and served as regent. During her NHSODAR state regency, she continued Mrs. Sanborn's efforts in raising funds for the Constitution Hall debt. More than two-thirds of the New Hampshire chapters held birthday parties to raise monies toward the debt. The debt was cancelled in April of 1935.
Her regency saw the establishment of two historical contests, and continued to hunt for graves of New Hampshire Revolutionary War soldiers. She was proud to record 958 graves during her regency and placed markers on 63. With 200 copies of the 1930 NHSODAR history on hand, Mrs. Wheat appointed a committee for their sale, with funds going toward the upkeep of the New Hampshire Children's Attic. Finally, it was during Mrs. Wheat's regency that the New Hampshire State pin was designed and authorized. The pin features the good ship Raleigh with the year 1776. The first New Hampshire pin was presented at state conference in Keene in 1935.
Mrs. Wheat was a member of the Manchester Women's Club, Manchester Shakespeare Club, Colonial Dames of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Chapter Daughters of Founders and Patriots Society of America, and a trustee of the Manchester Historic District.
Mrs. Wheat died in 1960 in Newton, Massachusetts, at the age of 75.
Her patriot ancestors were Private Joseph Flint, Jr., of Danvers, Massachusetts; Sergeant Jonathan Foster of Dudley, Massachusetts; Peter Horn of Rochester, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test; Josiah Maine of Rochester, New Hampshire, a town clerk who took the Oath of Allegiance on October 5, 1776; Sergeant Moses Noyes of Newbury, Massachusetts, a minuteman in the Lexington Alarm; Barnabas Palmer of Dublin, Ireland, selectman of Rochester, New Hampshire and signer of the Association Test; Joseph Smith of Ireland, signer of the Association Test in Windham, New Hampshire; Private Daniel Witherbee Wilder of Massachusetts; and Daniel Wingate, Sr., of Rochester, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test.
Mrs. Wheat joined the Molly Stark Chapter and served as regent. During her NHSODAR state regency, she continued Mrs. Sanborn's efforts in raising funds for the Constitution Hall debt. More than two-thirds of the New Hampshire chapters held birthday parties to raise monies toward the debt. The debt was cancelled in April of 1935.
Her regency saw the establishment of two historical contests, and continued to hunt for graves of New Hampshire Revolutionary War soldiers. She was proud to record 958 graves during her regency and placed markers on 63. With 200 copies of the 1930 NHSODAR history on hand, Mrs. Wheat appointed a committee for their sale, with funds going toward the upkeep of the New Hampshire Children's Attic. Finally, it was during Mrs. Wheat's regency that the New Hampshire State pin was designed and authorized. The pin features the good ship Raleigh with the year 1776. The first New Hampshire pin was presented at state conference in Keene in 1935.
Mrs. Wheat was a member of the Manchester Women's Club, Manchester Shakespeare Club, Colonial Dames of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Chapter Daughters of Founders and Patriots Society of America, and a trustee of the Manchester Historic District.
Mrs. Wheat died in 1960 in Newton, Massachusetts, at the age of 75.
Her patriot ancestors were Private Joseph Flint, Jr., of Danvers, Massachusetts; Sergeant Jonathan Foster of Dudley, Massachusetts; Peter Horn of Rochester, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test; Josiah Maine of Rochester, New Hampshire, a town clerk who took the Oath of Allegiance on October 5, 1776; Sergeant Moses Noyes of Newbury, Massachusetts, a minuteman in the Lexington Alarm; Barnabas Palmer of Dublin, Ireland, selectman of Rochester, New Hampshire and signer of the Association Test; Joseph Smith of Ireland, signer of the Association Test in Windham, New Hampshire; Private Daniel Witherbee Wilder of Massachusetts; and Daniel Wingate, Sr., of Rochester, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test.
Gertrude E. Whitten Sanborn (1932 - 1934) was born on July 16, 1871, to James S. and Sarah J. Berry Whitten. She attended Laconia High School and Tilton Seminary and Female College. On June 16, 1898, she married Harry Clinton Sanborn, in Laconia, New Hampshire. She worked as a post office clerk and Mr. Sanborn was a proprietor of a general grocery store in Laconia.
Mrs. Sanborn was a charter member of the Mary Butler Chapter and served as both chaplain and regent. During her state regency, she focused on raising monies for the Constitution Hall debt. She hosted the President General at her state conference in 1932, and at Continental Congress the following year, had the chance to meet the First Lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. Mrs. Sanborn participated in the Arbor Day celebration, where two trees from New Hampshire were planted to honor Daniel Webster and Franklin Pierce. Mrs. Sanborn's regency accepted many gifts for the New Hampshire Children's Attic, donated funds to the DAR Library, and indexed Revolutionary War soldier's graves.
She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Laconia Woman's Club, Hospital Aid Association, Women's Union of the Congregational Church, and treasurer of the Sunday School. Mrs. Sanborn was chairman of the Board of Deaconnesses and member of Daughters of the Colonial Wars.
Mrs. Sanborn died on October 29, 1953, at the age of 82.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Richard Whitten of Massachusetts. Mrs. Sanborn is also a descendant of Zachary Taylor, twelfth President of the United States.
Mrs. Sanborn was a charter member of the Mary Butler Chapter and served as both chaplain and regent. During her state regency, she focused on raising monies for the Constitution Hall debt. She hosted the President General at her state conference in 1932, and at Continental Congress the following year, had the chance to meet the First Lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. Mrs. Sanborn participated in the Arbor Day celebration, where two trees from New Hampshire were planted to honor Daniel Webster and Franklin Pierce. Mrs. Sanborn's regency accepted many gifts for the New Hampshire Children's Attic, donated funds to the DAR Library, and indexed Revolutionary War soldier's graves.
She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Laconia Woman's Club, Hospital Aid Association, Women's Union of the Congregational Church, and treasurer of the Sunday School. Mrs. Sanborn was chairman of the Board of Deaconnesses and member of Daughters of the Colonial Wars.
Mrs. Sanborn died on October 29, 1953, at the age of 82.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Richard Whitten of Massachusetts. Mrs. Sanborn is also a descendant of Zachary Taylor, twelfth President of the United States.
Eunice Dunbar Denison Spring (1931 - 1932) was born October 6, 1875, in Royalton, Vermont, to the Honorable Joseph Dudley and Elizabeth Abigail Rix Denison. Her mother was from Mobile, Alabama. Her father was a graduate of the University of Vermont School of Law and was an attorney in Royalton. Mrs. Spring attended Smith College for two years. On June 18, 1902, she married Attorney John Roland Spring, and relocated to Nashua, New Hampshire. They had four children.
Mrs. Spring served as registrar and regent of the Matthew Thornton Chapter. During her state regency, Mrs. Spring focused on conservation, student loan funds, and the DAR Schools. At a special bicentennial celebration of George Washington during Continental Congress, as regent of one of the original thirteen colonies, Mrs. Spring planted one of thirteen evergreen trees at the entrance to Mount Vernon.
Mrs. Spring was also involved in the Women's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestor was Samuel Chase of Cornish, New Hampshire, town selectman and moderator of the New Hampshire Provincial Congress.
Mrs. Spring served as registrar and regent of the Matthew Thornton Chapter. During her state regency, Mrs. Spring focused on conservation, student loan funds, and the DAR Schools. At a special bicentennial celebration of George Washington during Continental Congress, as regent of one of the original thirteen colonies, Mrs. Spring planted one of thirteen evergreen trees at the entrance to Mount Vernon.
Mrs. Spring was also involved in the Women's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestor was Samuel Chase of Cornish, New Hampshire, town selectman and moderator of the New Hampshire Provincial Congress.
Mary Hesselton Howard Flather (1930 - 1931) was born on August 14, 1876, in Nashua, New Hampshire, the daughter of Joseph Woodbury and Nancy Jane Hesselton Howard. Her father was the founder and owner of the Howard Sexton Furniture Company. She was a graduate of New Paltz Normal School (now SUNY New Paltz). On October 26, 1899, she married Herbert L. Flather and had two sons and one daughter. Mr. Flather's father, Joseph, incorporated Flather & Co. in Nashua, producing lathes, shapers, and tapping machines. Mr. Flather held several patents for machine tools.
Mrs. Flather was a member of the Matthew Thornton Chapter in Nashua, before becoming New Hampshire state regent. She also served as president of the Nashaway Woman's Club in Nashua.
Mrs. Flather was a member of the Matthew Thornton Chapter in Nashua, before becoming New Hampshire state regent. She also served as president of the Nashaway Woman's Club in Nashua.
Annie Elizabeth Wilkins Carroll (1928 - 1930) was born in Bedford Center, New Hampshire, on August 23, 1866, to Dr. William Wesley and Persis Morse Wilkins. Her father was a physician in Manchester, and served as an assistant surgeon in the Second New Hampshire Infantry during the Civil War. She was educated in the Manchester schools, and later studied art in Boston and Paris. Annie married Charles H. Carroll on September 17, 1891. They had one child that died young.
Mrs. Carroll became a member of the Rumford Chapter of Concord, April 4, 1903. She served her chapter as treasurer, corresponding secretary, vice-regent, and regent. Mrs. Carroll was state chairman of Constitution Hall Finance Committee from the beginning of the project. Through her efforts, New Hampshire had the distinction of having a chair for every one of her thirty-six chapters, and with other memorial chairs, had sixty-three in all.
In 1928, Mrs. Carroll secured a room in Memorial Continental Hall for New Hampshire, the purchase price of which was taken from the treasury. At the time, New Hampshire was the only New England state not having a room in Memorial Continental Hall. This room was eventually paneled on one side in old pine, with two corner cupboards and a chimney cupboard also built of pine. This room would be fitted up with early period children's furniture, books and toys, as there were no such furnishings in any of the other rooms, and it seemed best to have such a room to show the home surroundings of the children of colonial days. It is now the New Hampshire Children's Attic.
Work of organizing C. A. R. Chapters in New Hampshire began in Mrs. Carroll's administration, and she acted as director during the second year of her regency. Mrs. Carroll attended the laying of the corner stone of Constitution Hall, and in the procession of the thirteen original states, carried the New Hampshire flag. Mrs. Carroll served as NSDAR Vice President General from 1930-1933.
She was a member of the New Hampshire Chapter of Founders and Patriots of America, Daughters of Colonial Wars of Massachusetts, and the Daughters of American Colonists.
Mrs. Carroll died in Concord, New Hampshire, on September 10, 1947, at age 81. She is buried in the Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord.
Her patriot ancestors were Private Isaac Lovejoy, Jr., of Andover, Massachusetts; Archibald McMurphy of Londonderry, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test and Town Representative; Private Amos Morse, Jr., of Methuen, Massachusetts; Private Moses Morse of Methuen, Massachusetts; Sergeant Caleb Sawyer of Dracut, Massachusetts, a minuteman of the Lexington Alarm; and Captain Daniel Wilkins, Jr., who died of smallpox at Crown Point, New York, in 1776.
Mrs. Carroll became a member of the Rumford Chapter of Concord, April 4, 1903. She served her chapter as treasurer, corresponding secretary, vice-regent, and regent. Mrs. Carroll was state chairman of Constitution Hall Finance Committee from the beginning of the project. Through her efforts, New Hampshire had the distinction of having a chair for every one of her thirty-six chapters, and with other memorial chairs, had sixty-three in all.
In 1928, Mrs. Carroll secured a room in Memorial Continental Hall for New Hampshire, the purchase price of which was taken from the treasury. At the time, New Hampshire was the only New England state not having a room in Memorial Continental Hall. This room was eventually paneled on one side in old pine, with two corner cupboards and a chimney cupboard also built of pine. This room would be fitted up with early period children's furniture, books and toys, as there were no such furnishings in any of the other rooms, and it seemed best to have such a room to show the home surroundings of the children of colonial days. It is now the New Hampshire Children's Attic.
Work of organizing C. A. R. Chapters in New Hampshire began in Mrs. Carroll's administration, and she acted as director during the second year of her regency. Mrs. Carroll attended the laying of the corner stone of Constitution Hall, and in the procession of the thirteen original states, carried the New Hampshire flag. Mrs. Carroll served as NSDAR Vice President General from 1930-1933.
She was a member of the New Hampshire Chapter of Founders and Patriots of America, Daughters of Colonial Wars of Massachusetts, and the Daughters of American Colonists.
Mrs. Carroll died in Concord, New Hampshire, on September 10, 1947, at age 81. She is buried in the Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord.
Her patriot ancestors were Private Isaac Lovejoy, Jr., of Andover, Massachusetts; Archibald McMurphy of Londonderry, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test and Town Representative; Private Amos Morse, Jr., of Methuen, Massachusetts; Private Moses Morse of Methuen, Massachusetts; Sergeant Caleb Sawyer of Dracut, Massachusetts, a minuteman of the Lexington Alarm; and Captain Daniel Wilkins, Jr., who died of smallpox at Crown Point, New York, in 1776.
Dr. Alice Maud Merselis Chesley (1926 - 1928) was born on October 14, 1861, in Nottingham, New Hampshire. She was the daughter of Dr. Lafayette and Hannah D. Jones Chesley. Her father was a local physician. She graduated from the Gorham Normal School (now the University of Maine) in Maine, and worked as a school teacher for ten years in New Hampshire. Following a three-year job in the Probate Court office in Exeter, she entered Ann Arbor University in Michigan. Dr. Chesley graduated from Tufts Medical School in 1898 with her medical degree, and by 1900 was a private practitioner in Exeter.
Dr. Chesley served as regent of Exeter Chapter before becoming state vice regent and then regent in 1926. She attended the sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia where, by invitation, she personally planted the tree representing the State of New Hampshire in Independence Hall Square. Earth put at the tree's roots was brought from 15 historic places in New Hampshire. Dr. Chesley's regency saw the dedication of the New Hampshire bell at Valley Forge, a state flag given to Continental Congress, several books donated to the DAR Library, and sixty chairs given to Constitution Hall, one for each chapter in New Hampshire. Four hundred and nineteen graves of Revolutionary soldiers were located and 167 graves marked.
Dr. Chesley carried on her extensive medical practice in Exeter and vicinity, attended her various medical society meetings, lectured on hygiene at the Exeter Hospital Training School for Nurses, served as an on-call physician for the Robinson Seminary and University of New Hampshire students. She was active in Unitarian Church Society, as member and trustee.
In 1933, at the age of 71, Dr. Chelsey surprised everyone by marrying George Lamprey, a local real estate broker and farmer. For their honeymoon, the two took a car trip up the coast of Maine. Dr. Chesley died June 30, 1943, in Exeter, New Hampshire, at the age of 81. She is buried in the Exeter Cemetery with her husband.
Her patriot ancestor was Captain Jonathan Chesley of Durham, New Hampshire, who took part in the first overt act of the Revolutionary War, in the seizure of the military supplies at Fort William and Mary in December 1774.
Dr. Chesley served as regent of Exeter Chapter before becoming state vice regent and then regent in 1926. She attended the sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia where, by invitation, she personally planted the tree representing the State of New Hampshire in Independence Hall Square. Earth put at the tree's roots was brought from 15 historic places in New Hampshire. Dr. Chesley's regency saw the dedication of the New Hampshire bell at Valley Forge, a state flag given to Continental Congress, several books donated to the DAR Library, and sixty chairs given to Constitution Hall, one for each chapter in New Hampshire. Four hundred and nineteen graves of Revolutionary soldiers were located and 167 graves marked.
Dr. Chesley carried on her extensive medical practice in Exeter and vicinity, attended her various medical society meetings, lectured on hygiene at the Exeter Hospital Training School for Nurses, served as an on-call physician for the Robinson Seminary and University of New Hampshire students. She was active in Unitarian Church Society, as member and trustee.
In 1933, at the age of 71, Dr. Chelsey surprised everyone by marrying George Lamprey, a local real estate broker and farmer. For their honeymoon, the two took a car trip up the coast of Maine. Dr. Chesley died June 30, 1943, in Exeter, New Hampshire, at the age of 81. She is buried in the Exeter Cemetery with her husband.
Her patriot ancestor was Captain Jonathan Chesley of Durham, New Hampshire, who took part in the first overt act of the Revolutionary War, in the seizure of the military supplies at Fort William and Mary in December 1774.
Mary Hale Palmer Warren (1924 - 1926) was born in Groton, Massachusetts, on October 9, 1864, to Major Moses Poor and Martha Green Eaton Palmer. Her father, a shoe-cutter, enlisted in the Thirteenth Massachusetts Volunteers in 1861. Major Warren was wounded in 1863 at Gettysburg, crippling his right leg and granting him an honorable discharge. Upon his return to Groton, he bought a farm and entered politics.
Mrs. Warren was educated in public schools and later, Groton Academy. She was a school teacher before marrying the Honorable George H. Warren on November 19, 1891, in Groton. The Warrens traveled extensively throughout the United States, Cuba, Panama, Alaska, South America, and was on her sixth trip to Europe when the war broke out in 1914. The couple had six children.
Mrs. Warren joined the DAR in 1901 as a member of the Molly Stark Chapter. She served her chapter as historian, vice regent, and regent. She served as state chairman of several committees, and served as state vice regent before being elected state regent in 1924. Her state regency saw the completion of fundraising for the New Hampshire bell in the Peace Tower at Valley Forge. Thousands of trees were planted and several chapter forests and money given toward the state preservation of the White Mountain forest lands. In conjunction with the state historian, Mrs. Wendell Folsom, 673 historic spots were located and 278 graves of Revolutionary War soldiers were located in New Hampshire. 55 of the graves were marked, as well as two graves of Real Daughters. In 1926, New Hampshire daughters celebrated the sesquicentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and, New Hampshire's box in Constitution Hall was purchased by the organization for the price of $1,500.
Mrs. Warren was a member of the New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames of America, the New Hampshire Chapter of Founders and Patriots Society of America, and the Groton Historical Society. She served as president of the Historic Art Club, New Century Club, Manchester Federation Women's Clubs, Woman's Auxiliary Calumet Club, and the Manchester Branch Alliance Unitarian Women, and as chairman of the Hillsborough County Republican Women. She was a member of the District Nursing Association, Manchester Country Club, Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, Red Cross, Navy League, Anti-Suffrage Association, and speaker in the Liberty Loan campaign.
Her patriot ancestor was John Palmer of Derry, New Hampshire, soldier under Captain Gage and Colonel Frye of New Hampshire.
Mrs. Warren was educated in public schools and later, Groton Academy. She was a school teacher before marrying the Honorable George H. Warren on November 19, 1891, in Groton. The Warrens traveled extensively throughout the United States, Cuba, Panama, Alaska, South America, and was on her sixth trip to Europe when the war broke out in 1914. The couple had six children.
Mrs. Warren joined the DAR in 1901 as a member of the Molly Stark Chapter. She served her chapter as historian, vice regent, and regent. She served as state chairman of several committees, and served as state vice regent before being elected state regent in 1924. Her state regency saw the completion of fundraising for the New Hampshire bell in the Peace Tower at Valley Forge. Thousands of trees were planted and several chapter forests and money given toward the state preservation of the White Mountain forest lands. In conjunction with the state historian, Mrs. Wendell Folsom, 673 historic spots were located and 278 graves of Revolutionary War soldiers were located in New Hampshire. 55 of the graves were marked, as well as two graves of Real Daughters. In 1926, New Hampshire daughters celebrated the sesquicentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and, New Hampshire's box in Constitution Hall was purchased by the organization for the price of $1,500.
Mrs. Warren was a member of the New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames of America, the New Hampshire Chapter of Founders and Patriots Society of America, and the Groton Historical Society. She served as president of the Historic Art Club, New Century Club, Manchester Federation Women's Clubs, Woman's Auxiliary Calumet Club, and the Manchester Branch Alliance Unitarian Women, and as chairman of the Hillsborough County Republican Women. She was a member of the District Nursing Association, Manchester Country Club, Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, Red Cross, Navy League, Anti-Suffrage Association, and speaker in the Liberty Loan campaign.
Her patriot ancestor was John Palmer of Derry, New Hampshire, soldier under Captain Gage and Colonel Frye of New Hampshire.
Norma Cutter Currier Snow (1922 - 1924) was born on July 3, 1863, in Haverhill, New Hampshire, to Franklin Pettingill and Missouri Eliza Whitmore Currier. Her father was a farmer. She was educated at the Montibello Institute in Newbury, Vermont, and worked as a cashier and bookkeeper for Carter & Churchill in Lebanon. On June 27, 1894, she married Judge Leslie Perkins Snow, of Rochester, New Hampshire. They had no children but Mr. Snow had two children from a previous marriage to Norma's late sister, Susan Eliza Currier.
Mrs. Snow was regent of the Mary Torr Chapter, and became state regent in 1922 in the absence of Mrs. Webster. During her regency, Mrs. Snow was privileged to present the New Hampshire Bell at the Washington Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge. New Hampshire Daughters raised $1,908 for the bell. She dedicated the bell to John Langdon, who, along with John Sullivan, committed the first overt act of war in the American Revolution at Castle William and Mary on December 14-15, 1774.
Mrs. Snow was a member of the Colonial Dames and the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America. She served as chairman of the board of managers for the Gafney Home for the Aged in Rochester. Mrs. Snow was an organizer and vice president of the Rochester Visiting Nurses. She served as vice president and chairman of the board for the Rochester Chapter of the Red Cross since the War began. She served for six years as member of the Rochester school board and director of the New Hampshire Parent Teacher Association. Mrs. Snow organized a kindergarten in Rochester from 1896 to 1900. She was the director of the New Hampshire Association for the prevention of tuberculosis, president of the Ladies' Aid of the First Congregational Church, and past president of the Monday Club and Rochester Woman's Club, and served as the state corresponding secretary of the New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs.
Mrs. Snow died in Rochester on August 31, 1948, at the age of 85.
Her patriot ancestors were Private Edmund Chase of Minot, Maine; Challis Currier of South Hampton, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test; Private Richard Currier of Enfield, New Hampshire; Hezekiah Foster of Salisbury, New Hampshire, signer of the Articles of Association and member of the Alarm List; Shubal Greeley of Salisbury, New Hampshire, signer of the Articles of Association and soldier; and Captain David Pettengill of Salisbury, New Hampshire.
Mrs. Snow was regent of the Mary Torr Chapter, and became state regent in 1922 in the absence of Mrs. Webster. During her regency, Mrs. Snow was privileged to present the New Hampshire Bell at the Washington Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge. New Hampshire Daughters raised $1,908 for the bell. She dedicated the bell to John Langdon, who, along with John Sullivan, committed the first overt act of war in the American Revolution at Castle William and Mary on December 14-15, 1774.
Mrs. Snow was a member of the Colonial Dames and the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America. She served as chairman of the board of managers for the Gafney Home for the Aged in Rochester. Mrs. Snow was an organizer and vice president of the Rochester Visiting Nurses. She served as vice president and chairman of the board for the Rochester Chapter of the Red Cross since the War began. She served for six years as member of the Rochester school board and director of the New Hampshire Parent Teacher Association. Mrs. Snow organized a kindergarten in Rochester from 1896 to 1900. She was the director of the New Hampshire Association for the prevention of tuberculosis, president of the Ladies' Aid of the First Congregational Church, and past president of the Monday Club and Rochester Woman's Club, and served as the state corresponding secretary of the New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs.
Mrs. Snow died in Rochester on August 31, 1948, at the age of 85.
Her patriot ancestors were Private Edmund Chase of Minot, Maine; Challis Currier of South Hampton, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test; Private Richard Currier of Enfield, New Hampshire; Hezekiah Foster of Salisbury, New Hampshire, signer of the Articles of Association and member of the Alarm List; Shubal Greeley of Salisbury, New Hampshire, signer of the Articles of Association and soldier; and Captain David Pettengill of Salisbury, New Hampshire.
Jennie Josephine Adams Webster (1921 - 1922) was born on July 11, 1858, in Springfield, New Hampshire, to Daniel Noyes and Calista Richardson Adams. Mr. Adams was the owner of the Springfield County Store. On July 10, 1884, she married the Reverend Lorin Webster, graduate of St. Paul's School and Trinity College and master of the Holderness School. They had three children.
Mrs. Webster organized the Asquamchumaukee Chapter in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and served as regent for ten years. She served as state chairman for the Committee for the Preservation of Historic Spots. She was elected as state vice regent in 1919 and state regent in 1921. Mrs. Leslie Snow served as acting regent after August of 1922, when Mrs. Webster left to go to China with her husband. Reverend Webster was serving as Professor of English at the Peking Union Medical College when he died suddenly of heart disease in 1923.
Mrs. Webster was president of the Pemigewasset Woman's Club, president of the New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs, and a member of the New Hampshire Civic Federation, the Colonial Dames of America, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. She served on the board of the Red Cross, American Home Economics Association, the New Hampshire Historical Society, and the Friendly Clubs in Concord and Holderness.
Mrs. Webster died in New York City on August 26, 1929, at the age of 71. She is buried in the Trinity Churchyard Cemetery in Holderness.
Her patriot ancestors were Solomon Adams of Rowley, Massachusetts, Private in the Continental Line; Jacob Chase of Chester, New Hampshire, member of the Committee of Safety and the Committee to Procure Recruits; Daniel Richardson of Chester, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test; and Moses Richardson of Chester, signer of the Association Test.
Mrs. Webster organized the Asquamchumaukee Chapter in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and served as regent for ten years. She served as state chairman for the Committee for the Preservation of Historic Spots. She was elected as state vice regent in 1919 and state regent in 1921. Mrs. Leslie Snow served as acting regent after August of 1922, when Mrs. Webster left to go to China with her husband. Reverend Webster was serving as Professor of English at the Peking Union Medical College when he died suddenly of heart disease in 1923.
Mrs. Webster was president of the Pemigewasset Woman's Club, president of the New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs, and a member of the New Hampshire Civic Federation, the Colonial Dames of America, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. She served on the board of the Red Cross, American Home Economics Association, the New Hampshire Historical Society, and the Friendly Clubs in Concord and Holderness.
Mrs. Webster died in New York City on August 26, 1929, at the age of 71. She is buried in the Trinity Churchyard Cemetery in Holderness.
Her patriot ancestors were Solomon Adams of Rowley, Massachusetts, Private in the Continental Line; Jacob Chase of Chester, New Hampshire, member of the Committee of Safety and the Committee to Procure Recruits; Daniel Richardson of Chester, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test; and Moses Richardson of Chester, signer of the Association Test.
Anna Tyler Lovering Barrett Christopher (1919 - 1921) was born on September 21, 1857, in Quechee, Vermont, to John Leonard and Ellen Almira Tyler Lovering. She graduated from Stevens High School in Claremont, New Hampshire, and Laselle Seminary. On April 14, 1887, in Claremont, she married a shoe cutter, Charles Watson Barrett, and with him had two sons. Mr. Barrett died in 1907. She later married John G. Christopher of Jacksonville, Florida.
Mrs. Christopher was a member of the Colonel Samuel Ashley Chapter and served as regent for four years. She became state regent in 1919.
Mrs. Christopher's regency so closely followed World War I that the focus continued on war efforts, to include monies to Walter Reed Hospital, care of French orphans, and assisting in Near East Relief, Serbian Relief, and the Hoover Fund. On the state level, NHSODAR contributed to local hospitals, to include Neighborhood House in Dover, State Home for Children, State Protective Society, American Legion, and our Civic Federation.
As state regent, Mrs. Christopher represented DAR as an executive officer of the New Hampshire branch of the Women's New England Branch of the Civic Federation, as county chairman of the Near East Relief, and member of the New Hampshire Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association. She also assisted in dedicating three bronze markers at the State House in Concord, placed to commemorate Lafayette's visit to the Capital city.
Mrs. Christopher and her second husband, John, wintered in Jacksonville, Florida, and maintained a summer home in Claremont, New Hampshire. Mr. Christopher died in 1933 in Claremont. Mrs. Christopher died on April 4, 1944, in New York City, at the age of 86. She is buried with her first husband in the Union Cemetery in Claremont, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestors were Private Simeon Lovering of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, who served under Captain Fry and Colonel Scammell; Lieutenant Daniel Kingsbury, Jr., of Wrentham, Massachusetts; Deacon Daniel Kingsbury, Sr., of Wrentham, Massachusetts; Reverend Ebenezer Bailey, a committee of safety member from Westmoreland, New Hampshire; Christopher Pease of Quechee Vermont; and John Lovering of Hampton, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test.
Mrs. Christopher was a member of the Colonel Samuel Ashley Chapter and served as regent for four years. She became state regent in 1919.
Mrs. Christopher's regency so closely followed World War I that the focus continued on war efforts, to include monies to Walter Reed Hospital, care of French orphans, and assisting in Near East Relief, Serbian Relief, and the Hoover Fund. On the state level, NHSODAR contributed to local hospitals, to include Neighborhood House in Dover, State Home for Children, State Protective Society, American Legion, and our Civic Federation.
As state regent, Mrs. Christopher represented DAR as an executive officer of the New Hampshire branch of the Women's New England Branch of the Civic Federation, as county chairman of the Near East Relief, and member of the New Hampshire Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association. She also assisted in dedicating three bronze markers at the State House in Concord, placed to commemorate Lafayette's visit to the Capital city.
Mrs. Christopher and her second husband, John, wintered in Jacksonville, Florida, and maintained a summer home in Claremont, New Hampshire. Mr. Christopher died in 1933 in Claremont. Mrs. Christopher died on April 4, 1944, in New York City, at the age of 86. She is buried with her first husband in the Union Cemetery in Claremont, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestors were Private Simeon Lovering of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, who served under Captain Fry and Colonel Scammell; Lieutenant Daniel Kingsbury, Jr., of Wrentham, Massachusetts; Deacon Daniel Kingsbury, Sr., of Wrentham, Massachusetts; Reverend Ebenezer Bailey, a committee of safety member from Westmoreland, New Hampshire; Christopher Pease of Quechee Vermont; and John Lovering of Hampton, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test.
Ida May Starratt Howe (1917 - 1919) was born on February 13, 1864, in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada, to James Starratt, Jr., and Elizabeth Waterman Starratt. She married Will Bernard Howe in Nova Scotia on January 22, 1889, and immigrated to the United States. Mr. Howe was a civil engineer in Concord, New Hampshire. They had one daughter, Myrna, who was prominent as a war nurse in France and later became a physiotherapy technician in private practice in San Francisco.
Through both parents, Mrs. Howe came of a long line of American ancestors, and was a member of many patriotic societies, including the Mayflower Society in both Massachusetts and California, the National Society of Colonial Dames, the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, the Boston Colony of New England Women.
She was a charter member of Rumford Chapter and was the state regent of the society during World War I. During the war, Mrs. Howe filled many positions on city, county and state committees, and when the Red Cross Chapter was organized in Concord, she was appointed to the executive board, a position she held until she left Concord.
During her term of office, all chapter activities focused on the war work.
Following her husband's death in 1922, Mrs. Howe moved to California to live with her daughter, and joined the California Chapter DAR in San Francisco. She died June 28, 1928, at the age of 64 after a long illness. Her obituary describes her as "a woman of rare good judgment, controlled and governed in her actions by a spirit of justice and fair play, earning for herself the confidence and affection of her many friends both in the East and West." She is buried in the Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestor was Zenas Waterman, a non-commissioned officer from Kingston, Massachusetts, who served as a fifer and private. Waterman relocated to Nova Scotia after the war.
Through both parents, Mrs. Howe came of a long line of American ancestors, and was a member of many patriotic societies, including the Mayflower Society in both Massachusetts and California, the National Society of Colonial Dames, the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, the Boston Colony of New England Women.
She was a charter member of Rumford Chapter and was the state regent of the society during World War I. During the war, Mrs. Howe filled many positions on city, county and state committees, and when the Red Cross Chapter was organized in Concord, she was appointed to the executive board, a position she held until she left Concord.
During her term of office, all chapter activities focused on the war work.
Following her husband's death in 1922, Mrs. Howe moved to California to live with her daughter, and joined the California Chapter DAR in San Francisco. She died June 28, 1928, at the age of 64 after a long illness. Her obituary describes her as "a woman of rare good judgment, controlled and governed in her actions by a spirit of justice and fair play, earning for herself the confidence and affection of her many friends both in the East and West." She is buried in the Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestor was Zenas Waterman, a non-commissioned officer from Kingston, Massachusetts, who served as a fifer and private. Waterman relocated to Nova Scotia after the war.
Annie Wallace (1915 - 1917) was born on June 25, 1864, in Rochester, New Hampshire, to Ebenezer G. and Sarah E. Greenfield Wallace. Her father, Ebenezer was apprenticed at age 17 to learn the trade of a tanner and currier. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and returned to work on the family farm. In 1849, he joined the California gold rush. In 1854, along with his twin brother, Ebenezer founded the E.G. & E. Wallace Company, known as Wallace Shoe. Wallace Shoe would become the nation's third largest shoe producer by 1899.
Miss Wallace was a graduate of Lasalle Seminary, and prominent in all matters pertaining to the welfare of her city and state. She never married.
Miss Wallace was a charter member of the Mary Torr Chapter of Rochester. She served her chapter as secretary, and in 1910 was elected chapter regent. In 1915, Miss Wallace was elected state regent of New Hampshire. During her term, she was present at the unveiling exercises of four boulders marking historical sites, raised $1,740 for the Belgian tag day fund, sent money to Memorial Continental Hall, attended the organization of one new chapter, and negotiated for the New Hampshire silk flag in Memorial Continental Hall.
Miss Wallace was elected Vice President General of the National Society in April 1922, and served until April 1925. She was made national chairman of the Correct Use of the Flag Committee, and later, state chairman of the same committee. Miss Wallace was present at the dedication exercises of the Girls' Dormitory at Springfield, Massachusetts, the unveiling of the Pilgrim Mother Memorial Fountain at Plymouth, Massachusetts, the presentation of the New Hampshire Bell for the Memorial Tower at Valley Forge, and the laying of the corner stone of Constitution Hall.
Besides her DAR activities she was president of the Monday Club, Women's Club, Ladies' Aid of the Congregational Church, vice state chairman of the New Hampshire Committee of New England Section of National Civic Federation, and state chairman of the YWCA War Drive. Miss Wallace was a member of the Colonial Dames.
She died on October 12, 1945, in Rochester at the age of 81. She is buried in the Rochester Cemetery.
Her patriot ancestor was Sergeant Major Simon Torr of Rochester, New Hampshire, who served under Colonel Waldron.
Miss Wallace was a graduate of Lasalle Seminary, and prominent in all matters pertaining to the welfare of her city and state. She never married.
Miss Wallace was a charter member of the Mary Torr Chapter of Rochester. She served her chapter as secretary, and in 1910 was elected chapter regent. In 1915, Miss Wallace was elected state regent of New Hampshire. During her term, she was present at the unveiling exercises of four boulders marking historical sites, raised $1,740 for the Belgian tag day fund, sent money to Memorial Continental Hall, attended the organization of one new chapter, and negotiated for the New Hampshire silk flag in Memorial Continental Hall.
Miss Wallace was elected Vice President General of the National Society in April 1922, and served until April 1925. She was made national chairman of the Correct Use of the Flag Committee, and later, state chairman of the same committee. Miss Wallace was present at the dedication exercises of the Girls' Dormitory at Springfield, Massachusetts, the unveiling of the Pilgrim Mother Memorial Fountain at Plymouth, Massachusetts, the presentation of the New Hampshire Bell for the Memorial Tower at Valley Forge, and the laying of the corner stone of Constitution Hall.
Besides her DAR activities she was president of the Monday Club, Women's Club, Ladies' Aid of the Congregational Church, vice state chairman of the New Hampshire Committee of New England Section of National Civic Federation, and state chairman of the YWCA War Drive. Miss Wallace was a member of the Colonial Dames.
She died on October 12, 1945, in Rochester at the age of 81. She is buried in the Rochester Cemetery.
Her patriot ancestor was Sergeant Major Simon Torr of Rochester, New Hampshire, who served under Colonel Waldron.
Winifred Lane Goss (1913 - 1915) was born on April 30, 1875, in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, to Charles Henry and Lorena Almira Perkins Lane. She graduated from Kimball Union Academy and studied voice expression and music with private teachers. She married Charles Carpenter Goss on June 26, 1895, in Pittsfield, New Hampshire. They had one son.
Mrs. Goss became a member of DAR in January of 1901, joining as a charter member of the Elizabeth Folsom Hilton Chapter in Epping. Two years later, her husband founded Merchants National Bank in Dover, which prompted her transfer to the Margery Sullivan Chapter. She became chapter regent in 1905. Her article detailing the presentation of the Stand of Colors to the battleship New Hampshire was detailed in the National DAR Magazine in October of 1908. She became the ninth state regent of New Hampshire in 1912.
During her regency, she participated in the planting of ivy from Mount Vernon around the Memorial Column portico at Memorial Continental Hall. Plans were made for a state organization and for a year book, or directory, to contain a list of all Revolutionary Soldiers' graves marked in the state; list of chapters and officers, with a list of committees; record of all Real Daughters with a sketch of their lives. The chapter historians were asked to prepare a story of chapters, and the significance of names. The chief work was to arouse and maintain the interest to reduce the debt on Memorial Continental Hall.
In 1914, Mrs. Goss was elected regent of the SS Rotterdam Mediterranean cruise DAR during an extended trip to the Orient. Upon her return, she attended Continental Congress where she attended the first suffrage ball ever held in Washington. Later, she presented a resolution declaring that a statue of New Hampshire General John Sullivan be erected in D.C. At the 1915 state conference, Mrs. Goss accepted the first gavel ever owned by the state DAR. It was presented by vice-president general, Mrs. Abbott, and made from a part of the original flagstaff, which stood on the land where Memorial Continental Hall now stands.
She is the author of "Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire." Mrs. Goss was a member of the Colonial Dames, New Hampshire Historical Society, Dover Chapter American Red Cross and Dover Neighborhood House.
Following her husband's death in 1915, Mrs. Goss worked as an assistant director at his bank. Mrs. Goss died 45 years after her husband, on December 6, 1960, at the age of 85. She is buried with Charles in the Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestors were Jeremiah Lane of Hampton, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test; Private Moses Locke, 1st New Hampshire Regiment; Abner Sanborn, selectman of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, in 1775; Eliphalet Sanborn of Hampton, signer of the Association Test and soldier; and Private Jesse Tuck of Kensington, New Hampshire.
Mrs. Goss became a member of DAR in January of 1901, joining as a charter member of the Elizabeth Folsom Hilton Chapter in Epping. Two years later, her husband founded Merchants National Bank in Dover, which prompted her transfer to the Margery Sullivan Chapter. She became chapter regent in 1905. Her article detailing the presentation of the Stand of Colors to the battleship New Hampshire was detailed in the National DAR Magazine in October of 1908. She became the ninth state regent of New Hampshire in 1912.
During her regency, she participated in the planting of ivy from Mount Vernon around the Memorial Column portico at Memorial Continental Hall. Plans were made for a state organization and for a year book, or directory, to contain a list of all Revolutionary Soldiers' graves marked in the state; list of chapters and officers, with a list of committees; record of all Real Daughters with a sketch of their lives. The chapter historians were asked to prepare a story of chapters, and the significance of names. The chief work was to arouse and maintain the interest to reduce the debt on Memorial Continental Hall.
In 1914, Mrs. Goss was elected regent of the SS Rotterdam Mediterranean cruise DAR during an extended trip to the Orient. Upon her return, she attended Continental Congress where she attended the first suffrage ball ever held in Washington. Later, she presented a resolution declaring that a statue of New Hampshire General John Sullivan be erected in D.C. At the 1915 state conference, Mrs. Goss accepted the first gavel ever owned by the state DAR. It was presented by vice-president general, Mrs. Abbott, and made from a part of the original flagstaff, which stood on the land where Memorial Continental Hall now stands.
She is the author of "Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire." Mrs. Goss was a member of the Colonial Dames, New Hampshire Historical Society, Dover Chapter American Red Cross and Dover Neighborhood House.
Following her husband's death in 1915, Mrs. Goss worked as an assistant director at his bank. Mrs. Goss died 45 years after her husband, on December 6, 1960, at the age of 85. She is buried with Charles in the Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestors were Jeremiah Lane of Hampton, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test; Private Moses Locke, 1st New Hampshire Regiment; Abner Sanborn, selectman of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, in 1775; Eliphalet Sanborn of Hampton, signer of the Association Test and soldier; and Private Jesse Tuck of Kensington, New Hampshire.
Sarah Frances Stevens Dearborn (1911 - 1913) was born on January 23, 1854, in Concord, New Hampshire, to Major Josiah Stevens, Jr., and Ann Head Stevens. Her father served in the Second New Hampshire Volunteers during the Civil War, and worked as a farmer and railroad depot master. Her uncle was New Hampshire Governor Nathaniel Head. Mrs. Dearborn was educated in the public schools of Concord and Manchester, graduating from Manchester High School in 1872. She married Joseph Henry Dearborn on November 9, 1880. Mr. Dearborn, a graduate of Phillips Exeter and Harvard University, was a leading farmer in Pembroke, New Hampshire. They had three children.
Mrs. Dearborn served as regent of the Buntin Chapter before being elected to state regent in 1911. During her regency, the list of valuable historic reciprocity papers doubled. Funds were raised for the Daniel Webster Association, and work was done to secure funds to preserve the Lost River section in the White Mountains. Mrs. Dearborn also received a gavel made from one of a group of Egyptian cypress trees presented by the Khedive of Egypt to the Emperor Napoleon, which were planted in New York City.
Mrs. Dearborn was president of the Historic Art Club of Manchester, member of the New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames of America, Women's City Club of Boston, Brookline Women's Club, Massachusetts Presidents Club, Boston, New Hampshire Historical Society, Order Eastern Star, Order of Rebekahs, and Past Master of Pembroke Grange, noted for having the first set of women officers in the country. In NSDAR, Mrs. Dearborn served as chairman of the Museum Committee, Chairman of Tellers, member of the Insignia Committee, and was state chairman of the DAR National Defense Committee, 1927-1929.
Mrs. Dearborn died on November 30, 1929, in Boston, at the age of 75. She is buried in the Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestors were Major James Head of New Hampshire, who died at Camp Bennington in 1777; Captain Andrew Bunting of New Hampshire who died at the Battle of White Plains in 1776; and Reverend Sergeant Josiah Stevens of New Hampshire.
Mrs. Dearborn served as regent of the Buntin Chapter before being elected to state regent in 1911. During her regency, the list of valuable historic reciprocity papers doubled. Funds were raised for the Daniel Webster Association, and work was done to secure funds to preserve the Lost River section in the White Mountains. Mrs. Dearborn also received a gavel made from one of a group of Egyptian cypress trees presented by the Khedive of Egypt to the Emperor Napoleon, which were planted in New York City.
Mrs. Dearborn was president of the Historic Art Club of Manchester, member of the New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames of America, Women's City Club of Boston, Brookline Women's Club, Massachusetts Presidents Club, Boston, New Hampshire Historical Society, Order Eastern Star, Order of Rebekahs, and Past Master of Pembroke Grange, noted for having the first set of women officers in the country. In NSDAR, Mrs. Dearborn served as chairman of the Museum Committee, Chairman of Tellers, member of the Insignia Committee, and was state chairman of the DAR National Defense Committee, 1927-1929.
Mrs. Dearborn died on November 30, 1929, in Boston, at the age of 75. She is buried in the Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestors were Major James Head of New Hampshire, who died at Camp Bennington in 1777; Captain Andrew Bunting of New Hampshire who died at the Battle of White Plains in 1776; and Reverend Sergeant Josiah Stevens of New Hampshire.
Clara Belle Burnham Abbott (1909 - 1911) was born on February 23, 1866, in Keene, New Hampshire, to Frank Kendrick and Susan Augusta Beliveau Burnham. Her father worked as a carpenter. She graduated from Keene High School with two years postgraduate work in French. On June 30, 1890, she married Charles Clemence Abbott, owner of the Abbott Grocery Company, in Keene.
Mrs. Abbott was a member of the Ashuelot Chapter and served as chapter regent. In April, 1907 Mrs. Abbott was elected state vice-regent, which office she held for two years, and in April 1909, was elected state regent.
During her term, the fund for the bust of General John Stark was completed, and this bust was placed in the entrance lobby of Memorial Continental Hall. Mrs. Abbott, as state regent, presented the memorial, which was appropriately accepted. On April 23, 1914, Mrs. Abbott was elected vice-president general of the National Society, and served the usual two-year term, refusing a second nomination.
Mrs. Abbott was a charter member of the National Officers' Club, which she served as vice-president, 1925-1928. She was a member of the New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames of America, and a charter member of the Society Daughters of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
She was also a member of the Historical Society of Cheshire County, Cheshire County Humane Society, Hospital Aid Society, District Nurse Association, Woman's Alliance of the Unitarian Church, Ladies' Charitable Aid Society of Keene, Red Cross, Keene Fort- nightly Club, Keene Woman's Club, and a trustee of the Invalids' Home Corporation of Keene, and of the New Hampshire Children's Aid and Protective Society.
Mrs. Abbott died in Keene, on July 13, 1934, at the age of 68. She is buried in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Keene, New Hampshire, alongside her husband, in the same plot as her parents. A mahogany chair was presented to Memorial Continental Hall for the platform by the New Hampshire chapters in honor of Mrs. Abbott.
Her patriot ancestors were Nathaniel Gilson and Eleazer Gilson, Sr., of Pepperell; Lieutenant Moses Thompson of Medway; James Tarbell of Groton; John Burnham of Bolton; Samuel Wellington of Lincoln; Jonathan Wellington of Templeton; all of Massachusetts.
Mrs. Abbott was a member of the Ashuelot Chapter and served as chapter regent. In April, 1907 Mrs. Abbott was elected state vice-regent, which office she held for two years, and in April 1909, was elected state regent.
During her term, the fund for the bust of General John Stark was completed, and this bust was placed in the entrance lobby of Memorial Continental Hall. Mrs. Abbott, as state regent, presented the memorial, which was appropriately accepted. On April 23, 1914, Mrs. Abbott was elected vice-president general of the National Society, and served the usual two-year term, refusing a second nomination.
Mrs. Abbott was a charter member of the National Officers' Club, which she served as vice-president, 1925-1928. She was a member of the New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames of America, and a charter member of the Society Daughters of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
She was also a member of the Historical Society of Cheshire County, Cheshire County Humane Society, Hospital Aid Society, District Nurse Association, Woman's Alliance of the Unitarian Church, Ladies' Charitable Aid Society of Keene, Red Cross, Keene Fort- nightly Club, Keene Woman's Club, and a trustee of the Invalids' Home Corporation of Keene, and of the New Hampshire Children's Aid and Protective Society.
Mrs. Abbott died in Keene, on July 13, 1934, at the age of 68. She is buried in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Keene, New Hampshire, alongside her husband, in the same plot as her parents. A mahogany chair was presented to Memorial Continental Hall for the platform by the New Hampshire chapters in honor of Mrs. Abbott.
Her patriot ancestors were Nathaniel Gilson and Eleazer Gilson, Sr., of Pepperell; Lieutenant Moses Thompson of Medway; James Tarbell of Groton; John Burnham of Bolton; Samuel Wellington of Lincoln; Jonathan Wellington of Templeton; all of Massachusetts.
Annie Bartlett Shepard (1907 - 1909) was born on February 18, 1861, in Nottingham, New Hampshire, to Thomas Bradbury and Victoria Cilley Bartlett. Educated in public schools, Mrs. Shepard later attended Lasell Seminary in Auburndale, Massachusetts. She taught at the Derry Village School before her marriage to Colonel Frederick Johnson Shepard, Sr., on September 27, 1887. Mr. Shepard was the president of the Derry Bank. They had four sons.
She is the grandmother of astronaut Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.
Mrs. Shepard joined DAR in May of 1894, and in October of that year, she founded the Molly Reid Chapter. In 1905, Mrs. Shepard was nominated and elected state vice regent at Continental Congress. She became state regent two years later.
During her state regency, Mrs. Shepard raised funds to present a "stand of colors" for the battleship New Hampshire, then being built for the United States Navy. The colors were two handsome flags, one a Union and the other the United States ensign, each staff bearing a silver presentation plate, with the insignia of the society in blue enamel.
At the 1908 Continental Congress, she presented the state seal of New Hampshire, painted in watercolor, on wood in the shape of a shield, some three feet in length. The scene is one of shipbuilding, used on all legal documents in the state since 1748. It was a personal gift from the past state regent, Mrs. John McLane. This shield now hangs with the state shields of the thirteen original colonies in Continental Memorial Hall.
She was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the NH Association Opposed to Women's Suffrage; the Derry School Board; East Derry Village Improvement Society; Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests; New Hampshire Conference of Charities and Correction, Mercy Home; Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; President of NH State Federation of Women's Clubs; First Woman Chairman of the Rockingham County Woman's Republican Club; and a charter member of the Derry Women's Club. She was a member of the NH Society of Colonial Dames.
She died on December 4, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 83. She is buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestors were Major Joseph Cilley of the 1st New Hampshire Regiment; General Thomas Bartlett of Nottingham, soldier and member of the Committee of Safety; Joseph Neely of Nottingham, who furnished money to hire soldiers; Ensign Nathaniel Batchelder, Sr., of Hampton, New Hampshire, who served under Colonel Scammell and died at Valley Forge; Abraham True, Sr., of Deerfield, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test; and Benjamin True, of Deerfield, New Hampshire who served under Captains Marston and Butler
She is the grandmother of astronaut Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.
Mrs. Shepard joined DAR in May of 1894, and in October of that year, she founded the Molly Reid Chapter. In 1905, Mrs. Shepard was nominated and elected state vice regent at Continental Congress. She became state regent two years later.
During her state regency, Mrs. Shepard raised funds to present a "stand of colors" for the battleship New Hampshire, then being built for the United States Navy. The colors were two handsome flags, one a Union and the other the United States ensign, each staff bearing a silver presentation plate, with the insignia of the society in blue enamel.
At the 1908 Continental Congress, she presented the state seal of New Hampshire, painted in watercolor, on wood in the shape of a shield, some three feet in length. The scene is one of shipbuilding, used on all legal documents in the state since 1748. It was a personal gift from the past state regent, Mrs. John McLane. This shield now hangs with the state shields of the thirteen original colonies in Continental Memorial Hall.
She was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the NH Association Opposed to Women's Suffrage; the Derry School Board; East Derry Village Improvement Society; Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests; New Hampshire Conference of Charities and Correction, Mercy Home; Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; President of NH State Federation of Women's Clubs; First Woman Chairman of the Rockingham County Woman's Republican Club; and a charter member of the Derry Women's Club. She was a member of the NH Society of Colonial Dames.
She died on December 4, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 83. She is buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestors were Major Joseph Cilley of the 1st New Hampshire Regiment; General Thomas Bartlett of Nottingham, soldier and member of the Committee of Safety; Joseph Neely of Nottingham, who furnished money to hire soldiers; Ensign Nathaniel Batchelder, Sr., of Hampton, New Hampshire, who served under Colonel Scammell and died at Valley Forge; Abraham True, Sr., of Deerfield, New Hampshire, signer of the Association Test; and Benjamin True, of Deerfield, New Hampshire who served under Captains Marston and Butler
Ellen Luetta Tuck McLane (1905 - 1907) was born on August 9, 1855, in Milford, New Hampshire, to Eben Baker Tuck and his second wife, Lydia Smith Frye Tuck. Her mother died shortly before Ellen's fifth birthday. Her father, a tavern keeper and farmer in Milford, died two years later. Seven-year-old Ellen was taken in by the Honorable Clinton S. Averill where she made her home.
Mrs. McLane was educated at the Oread Collegiate Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, and worked as a teacher at Nashua High School. On March 10, 1880, she married John McLane, a local furniture maker and politician. Mr. McLane would later serve as Governor of New Hampshire from 1905 - 1907. They had four children and her great-granddaughter, Annie Kuster, is currently the New Hampshire Representative in the 2nd District in the House of Representatives.
Mrs. McLane was a charter member of the Milford Chapter. During her term as state regent (which ran concurrently with her husband's term as NH Governor), Mrs. McLane was the first state regent to host the NSDAR President General at the NHSODAR state conference. Her focus during her regency was to raise monies for Memorial Continental Hall. With her influence on the then Governor, Mrs. McLane was able to persuade the New Hampshire State Legislature to purchase the New Hampshire memorial column at Memorial Continental Hall, for the price of $2,000.
In addition to DAR, Mrs. McLane was a charter member of the Milford Women's club. In her lifetime, she was "known socially in the best circles in the principal cities of New England."
Mrs. McLane died in 1927 at the age of 72. She is buried in the West Street Cemetery in Milford, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestors were Ebenezer Baker of Massachusetts; John Fry of Massachusetts who served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention; Jonathan Wheeler of Templeton, Massachusetts, who responded to the Lexington Alarm as a private; and William Tuck. Tuck had command of a schooner in Balboa in 1775, and repeated the voyage in 1776. In 1777, Tuck became the owner of the ship Remington. After the war, he had command of a ship that hoisted the second Continental flag in the Baltic Sea.
Mrs. McLane was educated at the Oread Collegiate Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, and worked as a teacher at Nashua High School. On March 10, 1880, she married John McLane, a local furniture maker and politician. Mr. McLane would later serve as Governor of New Hampshire from 1905 - 1907. They had four children and her great-granddaughter, Annie Kuster, is currently the New Hampshire Representative in the 2nd District in the House of Representatives.
Mrs. McLane was a charter member of the Milford Chapter. During her term as state regent (which ran concurrently with her husband's term as NH Governor), Mrs. McLane was the first state regent to host the NSDAR President General at the NHSODAR state conference. Her focus during her regency was to raise monies for Memorial Continental Hall. With her influence on the then Governor, Mrs. McLane was able to persuade the New Hampshire State Legislature to purchase the New Hampshire memorial column at Memorial Continental Hall, for the price of $2,000.
In addition to DAR, Mrs. McLane was a charter member of the Milford Women's club. In her lifetime, she was "known socially in the best circles in the principal cities of New England."
Mrs. McLane died in 1927 at the age of 72. She is buried in the West Street Cemetery in Milford, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestors were Ebenezer Baker of Massachusetts; John Fry of Massachusetts who served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention; Jonathan Wheeler of Templeton, Massachusetts, who responded to the Lexington Alarm as a private; and William Tuck. Tuck had command of a schooner in Balboa in 1775, and repeated the voyage in 1776. In 1777, Tuck became the owner of the ship Remington. After the war, he had command of a ship that hoisted the second Continental flag in the Baltic Sea.
Laura C. Hood Johnston (1903 - 1905) was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, about 1851, the daughter of Harvey Perley and Caroline Laura Corwin Hood. In 1846, her father founded H.P. Hood & Sons in Lynnfield, now one of the largest dairy companies in the United States. When she was a young girl, her father relocated the dairy farm to Derry, New Hampshire. Mrs. Johnston attended the Adams Female Seminary and Pinkerton Academy.
On November 2, 1892, she married John Walter Johnston, of Manchester, a Captain in the 12th New Hampshire Infantry, and made her home in Manchester. Mrs. Johnston was a member of the Franklin Street Congregational Church. She was president of the Manchester District Nursing Association, and a member of the Massachusetts Mayflower Society. She was also a very active member of the New Hampshire Colonial Dames.
Mrs. Johnston's regency saw the contribution of memorial trees to The Daughters of the American Revolution Avenue in Stark Park, Manchester. She donated funds to the New Hampshire Memorial Hospital in Concord. During her regency, Memorial Continental Hall was in the process of being built. Mrs. Johnston began to lobby the New Hampshire Legislature to appropriate $2,000 for one of the thirteen columns representing the thirteen original states, which now adorns the south portico of Memorial Continental Hall, for the honor of the Daughters of New Hampshire.
Mrs. Johnston died on January 27, 1938, at the age of 86. She is buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Manchester, New Hampshire. A memorial chair in Constitution Hall was given in her honor by the Johnston children.
Her patriot ancestor was Ezekiel Parker of Hanover, New Hampshire.
On November 2, 1892, she married John Walter Johnston, of Manchester, a Captain in the 12th New Hampshire Infantry, and made her home in Manchester. Mrs. Johnston was a member of the Franklin Street Congregational Church. She was president of the Manchester District Nursing Association, and a member of the Massachusetts Mayflower Society. She was also a very active member of the New Hampshire Colonial Dames.
Mrs. Johnston's regency saw the contribution of memorial trees to The Daughters of the American Revolution Avenue in Stark Park, Manchester. She donated funds to the New Hampshire Memorial Hospital in Concord. During her regency, Memorial Continental Hall was in the process of being built. Mrs. Johnston began to lobby the New Hampshire Legislature to appropriate $2,000 for one of the thirteen columns representing the thirteen original states, which now adorns the south portico of Memorial Continental Hall, for the honor of the Daughters of New Hampshire.
Mrs. Johnston died on January 27, 1938, at the age of 86. She is buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Manchester, New Hampshire. A memorial chair in Constitution Hall was given in her honor by the Johnston children.
Her patriot ancestor was Ezekiel Parker of Hanover, New Hampshire.
Mary Helen Tupper Southwick Murkland (1901 - 1903) was born in 1853 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, to Alman P. and Mary P. Tupper. Her father worked as an attorney in both Boston and Vermont. Mrs. Murkland attended Smith College from 1880 -1881. She married the Reverend Charles Sumner Murkland, Ph.D., on July 30, 1884, in Middlebury, Vermont. They had one daughter, Marie, born December 16, 1887, who would graduate from Smith College in 1906.
In 1886, she removed with her husband to Manchester, where he was elected pastor of the Franklin Street Church, and remained there until July, 1893, when Dr. Murkland was elected president of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (now the University of New Hampshire) in Durham.
While in Manchester, Mrs. Murkland made many friends, and her literary talent and ability of organization were demonstrated in the founding of both the 19th Century Club and the Current Events Club. In Durham, she founded the Durham Women's Club in 1896. Mrs. Murkland was a member of the Society of Colonial Dames in New Hampshire by right of descent from Lieutenant Thomas Burnham, Captain James Towle and Lieutenant James Towle.
It was while in Durham that she became a Daughter, joining the Margery Sullivan Chapter in nearby Dover. She served one year as regent; resigning at the end to take the state regency which she held from 1901 to 1903.
The important interest in her regency was raising funds for Memorial Continental Hall, and it was at the beginning of her second year as state regent that ground for the new Memorial Continental Hall was broken.
Mrs. Murkland died on May 6, 1910, in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, at the age of 57. A memorial chair in her honor for Constitution Hall in Washington was given by her Manchester friends.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Josiah Fowle of Woburn, Massachusetts, member of the Lexington Alarm.
In 1886, she removed with her husband to Manchester, where he was elected pastor of the Franklin Street Church, and remained there until July, 1893, when Dr. Murkland was elected president of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (now the University of New Hampshire) in Durham.
While in Manchester, Mrs. Murkland made many friends, and her literary talent and ability of organization were demonstrated in the founding of both the 19th Century Club and the Current Events Club. In Durham, she founded the Durham Women's Club in 1896. Mrs. Murkland was a member of the Society of Colonial Dames in New Hampshire by right of descent from Lieutenant Thomas Burnham, Captain James Towle and Lieutenant James Towle.
It was while in Durham that she became a Daughter, joining the Margery Sullivan Chapter in nearby Dover. She served one year as regent; resigning at the end to take the state regency which she held from 1901 to 1903.
The important interest in her regency was raising funds for Memorial Continental Hall, and it was at the beginning of her second year as state regent that ground for the new Memorial Continental Hall was broken.
Mrs. Murkland died on May 6, 1910, in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, at the age of 57. A memorial chair in her honor for Constitution Hall in Washington was given by her Manchester friends.
Her patriot ancestor was Private Josiah Fowle of Woburn, Massachusetts, member of the Lexington Alarm.
Georgia B. Drake Carpenter (1895 - 1901) was born on January 15, 1836, to Colonel James and Betsey Seavey Drake of Pittsfield, New Hampshire. She was educated in private schools, and, at twenty-two, married Josiah Carpenter on September 1, 1858. Josiah was a teller at the Pittsfield National Bank where her father was president.
Mrs. Carpenter was a member of the Molly Stark Chapter.
During Mrs. Carpenter's term as state regent, thirteen new chapters were formed in New Hampshire. She participated in the San Francisco DAR's Historic Arch of Trees project by sending a rock maple sapling from the property of General Stark's homestead to represent New Hampshire.
In addition to being a charter member of the NHSODAR, Mrs. Carpenter was a founder of the Colonial Dames of America in New Hampshire. She was connected to the Children's Home of Manchester, and served for over thirty-two years as its president.
Mrs. Carpenter died on March 26, 1932, at the age of 96. She is buried in the Carpenter Mausoleum alongside her husband in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestor was Private James Drake of Epping, New Hampshire.
Mrs. Carpenter was a member of the Molly Stark Chapter.
During Mrs. Carpenter's term as state regent, thirteen new chapters were formed in New Hampshire. She participated in the San Francisco DAR's Historic Arch of Trees project by sending a rock maple sapling from the property of General Stark's homestead to represent New Hampshire.
In addition to being a charter member of the NHSODAR, Mrs. Carpenter was a founder of the Colonial Dames of America in New Hampshire. She was connected to the Children's Home of Manchester, and served for over thirty-two years as its president.
Mrs. Carpenter died on March 26, 1932, at the age of 96. She is buried in the Carpenter Mausoleum alongside her husband in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestor was Private James Drake of Epping, New Hampshire.
Martha Bouton Cilley Clarke (1894 - 1895) was born on January 29, 1843, in Concord, New Hampshire, to Nathaniel and Elizabeth Ann Poore Cilley Bouton. Her father, Yale graduate Nathaniel Bouton, D.D., was the pastor of the First Congregational Church of Concord and state historian of New Hampshire. Her first marriage was to her 4th cousin Jacob G. Cilley. She had two children with Jacob before he died in 1879.
Mrs. Clarke was a woman of rare social ability, with a gift for entertaining, and who was the unquestioned leader of many distinguished circles. After her husband's death she lived for several years abroad, and later made her home in Buckingham Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and at Washington, D. C. While in Cambridge, she founded the Old Cambridge Shakespeare Association, of which she was a life member.
She later returned to Manchester, New Hampshire, as the wife of Colonel Arthur E. Clarke. In 1875, she founded the Ladies' Aid and Relief Society. In 1890, she was appointed by NSDAR President General Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, wife of the President of the United States, as state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution in New Hampshire. In 1894, she founded the National Society of Colonial Dames in New Hampshire, of which she was president until her death.
In 1895, she was appointed president of the New Hampshire Society Daughters of the Cincinnati. She was a member of the National Martha Washington Association, and of the Society of Colonial Governors. She inherited the historical interests of her father and was a member of the Massachusetts Historic-Genealogical Society. She was president of both the New Hampshire Audubon Society and the Animal Rescue League of Manchester. Mrs. Clark was the founder and organizer of the New Hampshire Philharmonic Society.
Mrs. Clarke died on March 31, 1926, at the age of 83. She is buried in the Valley Cemetery in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestor was Major Joseph Cilley, Jr., of Nottingham. He served in the 1st New Hampshire Regiment.
Mrs. Clarke was a woman of rare social ability, with a gift for entertaining, and who was the unquestioned leader of many distinguished circles. After her husband's death she lived for several years abroad, and later made her home in Buckingham Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and at Washington, D. C. While in Cambridge, she founded the Old Cambridge Shakespeare Association, of which she was a life member.
She later returned to Manchester, New Hampshire, as the wife of Colonel Arthur E. Clarke. In 1875, she founded the Ladies' Aid and Relief Society. In 1890, she was appointed by NSDAR President General Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, wife of the President of the United States, as state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution in New Hampshire. In 1894, she founded the National Society of Colonial Dames in New Hampshire, of which she was president until her death.
In 1895, she was appointed president of the New Hampshire Society Daughters of the Cincinnati. She was a member of the National Martha Washington Association, and of the Society of Colonial Governors. She inherited the historical interests of her father and was a member of the Massachusetts Historic-Genealogical Society. She was president of both the New Hampshire Audubon Society and the Animal Rescue League of Manchester. Mrs. Clark was the founder and organizer of the New Hampshire Philharmonic Society.
Mrs. Clarke died on March 31, 1926, at the age of 83. She is buried in the Valley Cemetery in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Her patriot ancestor was Major Joseph Cilley, Jr., of Nottingham. He served in the 1st New Hampshire Regiment.
