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