HISTORY
NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF DAUGHTERS OF
THE UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR
1861 - 1865
LINCOLN, LANCASTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA
Organized and charted May 20, 1919. Estella M. Moore, National President, and Lulu Carlin, National Secretary. The first Department Convention was held May 17, 18, 19, 1920 at the Hotel Pathfinder in Fremont, Nebraska.
Charter Members - 1919
Aistrope, Olive Hunter, Ethel Benton, Cora Jacobson, Ruth Dilts, Catherine Johnson, Lucy Dion, Myrtle A. McKinley, Katherine Esterling, Viola M. Penton, Lucille Fuller, Etta M. Rowell, Flora M. Hall, H. C. Shahan, Mabel Harris, Amanda Department Officers - 1920
President Myrtle Dion, Tent # 1 Senior Vice-President Katherine McKinley, Tent # 5 Junior Vice-President Flora M. Rowell, Tent # 2 Chaplain Catherine Dilts, Tent # 3 Treasurer Camille Maulsby, Tent # 5 Council Member # 1 Lucy Johnson, Tent # 5 Council Member # 2 Cora Olday, Tent # 2 Council Member # 3 Mabel Stoddard, Tent # 1 Delegate-at-large Katherine McKinley, Tent # 5 Alternate Delegate-at-large Flora M. Rowell, Tent # 2 Delegate Sister McCloud, Tent # 5 Alternate Delegate Mabel Stoddard, Tent # 1 Secretary Zulla Penton, Tent # 1 Guide and Guard Information taken from "A Short History of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861 - 1865 and The Nebraska Department of The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861 - 1865" Issued By The Nebraska Department Bicentennial Committee