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